After spending a week anchoring near Marco Island and visiting with friends Carl and Nancy Meyers, we departed for parts north. We passed this lovely ship, Summer Love, a 95-foot Feadship, beautifully kept and shining despite the heavy overcast skies.
We had a nice run north in the Gulf, before ducking into the Intracoastal Waterway at Point Ybel, with its distinctive light. We skirted along the east side of Sanibel and Captiva Islands, and dropped the hook off Pine Island’s St. James City.
The next morning it was up and off to Cayo Costa, one of our favorite anchorages, and home to a State Park which is accessible only by boat. The entrance is deep, but so lopsidedly close to the eastern shore and this sandbar, that if you didn’t know the way, you might run aground.
The narrow sand spit which borders the entrance channel is deep on both sides, allowing this fishing boat to “park” its bow securely on the beach, without tilting up its outboard.
We picked a protected spot to drop the hook, next to this catamaran. Some times we are in this harbor with 70 other boats, today it was eight! We think the cold weather has discouraged boaters.
Mangroves line the shore, and are beginning to make a recovery from devastating Hurricane Charley, which hit here over five years ago.
The park headquarters has built a new shelter adjacent to the dock, to provide sun and rain protection for visitors awaiting transit via ferry.
We departed Cayo Costa after two nights, heading through the narrow channel toward Charlotte Harbor.
After spending a week anchoring near Marco Island and visiting with friends Carl and Nancy Meyers, we departed for parts north. We passed this lovely ship, Summer Love, a 95-foot Feadship, beautifully kept and shining despite the heavy overcast skies.
We had a nice run north in the Gulf, before ducking into the Intracoastal Waterway at Point Ybel, with its distinctive light. We skirted along the east side of Sanibel and Captiva Islands, and dropped the hook off Pine Island’s St. James City.
The next morning it was up and off to Cayo Costa, one of our favorite anchorages, and home to a State Park which is accessible only by boat. The entrance is deep, but so lopsidedly close to the eastern shore and this sandbar, that if you didn’t know the way, you might run aground.
The narrow sand spit which borders the entrance channel is deep on both sides, allowing this fishing boat to “park” its bow securely on the beach, without tilting up its outboard.
We picked a protected spot to drop the hook, next to this catamaran. Some times we are in this harbor with 70 other boats, today it was eight! We think the cold weather has discouraged boaters.
Mangroves line the shore, and are beginning to make a recovery from devastating Hurricane Charley, which hit here over five years ago.
The park headquarters has built a new shelter adjacent to the dock, to provide sun and rain protection for visitors awaiting transit via ferry.
We departed Cayo Costa after two nights, heading through the narrow channel toward Charlotte Harbor. 
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