Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Our original plan for this segment of the journey was to get to the
Florida Keys, visit Key West, The Dry Tortugas, get around Miami and across to
the Bahamas. Since we have lost so much
time due to weather delays, we have decided to leave the boat at Burnt Store
Marina (Punta Gorda, FL) and return home for several weeks. But before
departing for home we will visit several of the outlying islands in this area
and sight see.
While we were tiding up the boat, an official marina person approached us
and asked if we were the people with the boat from the port of Perry,
Kansas. We said yes, and suddenly Beth
shouted, “I know you!”. I did not know if this would require a fisticuff
engagement or not. This “celebrity” marina person is
Don Fortune, a Kansas City area sports announcer/commentator for the Kansas
City television and radio markets.
We visited and caught up on old times. Don had a sailboat on Lake Perry at the Perry Yacht Club Marina during his time broadcasting in the Kansas City area. He had retired from broadcasting and moved to this area and whiles away his time working at this marina. He told us he was working 4 days this week, through Saturday, so we would have many opportunities to visit more.
Dave
and Patt came to pick us up and we went to breakfast at John Skis’s House of
Breakfast in Punta Gorda. A menu to
behold. Then it was on to West Marine for another couple hundred dollars of
stuff, then Walmart, Bealls, then to Dave and Pats home. Dave, Joe and I rested while Beth and Patt
went out to do even more shopping. Dave
and Patt had been invited to a Hors d'oeuvres event
at Carl and Linda’s condo at our marina, so we dressed in our finest and away
we went. Carl is a retired Harbor Pilot
from the New York Harbor area and entertained us with many interesting sea
faring tales.
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