We left the sanctuary of Pelican Bay and headed toward the most congested boating experience possible. Coming toward Ft Myers is a narrow channel called the miserable mile, where we must have passed about 500 boats in that mile! (first pic). We met up with friends from Canada, John and Marsha, onboard Kadadi at the Legacy Marina in the heart of downtown Ft. Myers. We had originally planned to start out with Kadadi from Mobile Bay and do the night crossing of the Gulf of Mexico with them. However, we missed them because we were 3 weeks late getting to Mobile Bay. We finally caught up with them 6 weeks later. John helped us all day on Saturday cleaning the salt spray off the boat (2nd pic). That night, we listened to Irish folk ballads by Brian on the accordion (next pic). It was St Patricks day and Ft. Myers was exploding with music, food, and green beer. On Sunday, we re-provisioned and then we were off again, saying goodbyes to John and Marsha (last pic) and hoping to meet up with them again on the east coast of Florida.
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