2012 - April - May - Cruise to Naples

APRIL
My cousin, Sue, her daughter, Loni, her daughter, Hailey & my favorite ‘Jersey boy (JB)’ Dean

(he’s not really from Jersey I just call him that) visited. It was SO great seeing them again &, even though we only had a short time together, we made the most of it. We brought them out to the boat for dinner. Hailey was able to blow the conch for sunset.

It’s a strange month here in the Keys with fronts arriving often, lots of wind & rain, sunny/cloudy, hot/cool-you never know what to expect. Friends, Pete & June, from Charlotte county, FL arrived to spend a month of fishing & veggin’ out.
We decided to look for another VW Cabrio…but was easier said than done. Bless the internet but who knew it was such a popular model?? I’d locate one here in Florida, call about it & was already sold. Then I found her (or should it be a ‘him’?) a 2002 (last year they made them) silver, new black, electric top & black leather seats; new tires - pristine with only 47,000 miles & located in Cape Coral. (Gregg, Wayne’s brother lives there) I immediately called. He just took a deposit on it. Buggar!! (as the English say) He took my number ‘just in case’ the deal didn’t fly. Sure enough, on the 19^th he called to say it was ours if we still wanted it…but he needed a deposit asap. We called Gregg; he drove over right away
& reported that it was as pristine as it looked. He gave him a deposit. Wayne took the Ft Myers ferry on the 25^th, secured the car & was home on the 27^th. He/she sure is sweet.

MAY

Kathryn, Wayne & Kari

 

Kathryn and her friend, Kari, arrived on the 3^rd for a long weekend. (Mickey doesn’t know what he’s missing). Good times, good food, good drinks &, of course, happy hour at the Warf. It was time to prepare for our journey North to Naples for David & Shannon’s wedding on the 18^th & Nicholas’s christening on the 20^th. Scupper made sure she told our resident "Iggy" the
Iguana 'stay off the property! The fuel truck arrived at the sea wall & fill us up, we secured the house & off we went on the 9^th. There was a nice high tide so we decided to be brave & head out the ‘back way’
(I mean really, what’s the worst that can happen?) - meaning - instead of cruising 4-5 hours to Marathon or Key West & go north from there, we took Niles channel north past Knockemdown & Sawyer Keys directly into the Gulf. Saved many hours; miles & fuel...