Fort Myers

After a restless night due to very hot and humid conditions, we knew we had to be on the road by 9am to get to Fort Myers to pick up our friends John and Linda to get to a boat broker to see a boat for sale by noon. It's a BIG BIG sailboat! We saw alot of western Florida - Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte. Did I say it's a big boat? Wow! Has some cosmetic problems and lots of mechanical fixes, but Dave and I could certainly see our friends, Dennis and Peggy, living on this boat. Needs some tender loving care - but wow! This could be our sailboat to sail on when we visit them on the Chesapeake Bay. In this picture you can barely make out our truck in back of this boat - it's big!


We were torn as to what to do about the cats before we left - leave windows cracked open, vents open, fans drawing up the hot air out, or, put on the air conditioning. We opted for no a/c and did the window and vent thing. It got to be 88 today, forecast had said only 80 - they lie! When we got back to the RV about 7pm, it was 81 inside. Not bad considering. Both cats are alive and well, sitting in the open screened windows as I type.


Tomorrow we head back to West Palm Beach to visit with family again and spend the day. Weather is calling for thunderstorms so I think we'll have no choice but put on the a/c. We have also come to the conclusion that Florida is just not our place. We want to find other warmer climates for wintering in the RV - like Texas. We know all about Arizona - and have found a couple of campgrounds we would consider to be at during the worst of the winter. But, who knows?