2/19/07 - What a splendid uneventful day this was. Throughout our travels on the ICW we’ve transitioned from river to canal and back to river but the waters’ color seldom changed; for the most part it remained a grimy russet shade. I noticed it changed as we entered into the San Carlos Bay and said good-bye to the Okeechobee waterway. The waters became green and for the first time I could actually smell the ocean in the air. We began to see dolphins (real ones) swimming around the bow of the boat and seaweed was very prevalent, probably kicked up by the storm yesterday. We passed by Fort Myers (downtown) and dozens of little islands before entering Charlotte Harbor, where we saw the gulf for the first time. We considered taking a sharp left and heading out across the gulf for a straight shot to Texas, but thought better of it and decided to stay our course of inland waterways. We anchored in a nice little cove (Cape Haze) surrounded by terrific little homes with about 4 other boats. The sunset was soft tonight as we enjoyed a cup of tea and coffee on our aft deck. We sat and watched as an Osprey attempted to catch his dinner, a couple of times, unsuccessfully. Think they eat bread?
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