Marco Island

I'm told the economy isn't good in this country but it doesn't look like it's bad here in Marco Island, Florida. In the picture is a bucket demolishing what was once a house. Probably a small modest home. I'm sure if we we return next year we will find a lavish very large home in it's place. Like the one to the right in the picture. Some people must have some money. We see this happening all up and down the coast and in the ICW. It's hard to believe we have a bad economy when you see this kind of progress but it's evident when we see the many homeless in Marathon. It would be nice if it could somehow be balanced out.

This morning we left Fort Myers Beach around 8AM and fueled up at Moss Marine on our way out to the Gulf. As we left the mooring ball Larry noticed that the knot meter wasn't working. After attempting to clear it from inside the boat failed. He finally got into the water and used a brush to clear the gunk that accumulated while we sat still in Fort Myers' not so clean water. We set our sails and shut off the engine but it didn't last long before the wind died and we had to turn on the iron jenny again. It was a beautiful day on the water and we arrived early in the afternoon here at Marco Island. We anchored in about the same spot as on our trip up. It was quite noisy when we arrived, with the demolition and the boat traffic but it quieted down just before sunset. We should have a good nights sleep. Tomorrow we plan to go to Everglades City for about two nights, then back to Marathon till Tuesday.