In the company of the crew from three other boats anchored
nearby: Midas Touch, Dancing Iguana, and
Ladybug, today was a dinghy exploring day. A lady at the local museum, with
much animation (had to be there) told us about an interesting cruise down a
local creek through the mangroves that the locals call "The Tunnel of Love". As well, Russ and Cindy from Ladybug knew of a cool little village with a museum not too far away. With the plan in place we were off for our
speed fix.
The dinghies go far faster than the big trawlers and we had a
blast buzzing around the mangroves like four water mosquitos, hair flying,
whooping over the waves.
 |
| Smallwood Store Museum |
The creek through the mangroves was a beautiful place to
be. At some points the mangrove canopy was so low we had to duck under it (always keeping in mind the critters we were introduced to yesterday)
The museum in the neighbouring village, Chokoloskee, was especially
interesting to me as we shared a family name.
Smallwood Store Museum (my – Susan’s - mother’s maiden name was Smallwood)
is chock full of paraphernalia and local history from the past. Later, we all enjoyed a great lunch on the patio of a local Cuban restaurant.
Afterwards, with rain clouds in the distance, we all took
off in different directions to get our various errands done.
What a great day!
No comments:
Post a Comment