Marco Island - Smokehouse Bay

Now here's a great idea.
In these canal communities there
is a lot of traffic by boat.
A courtesy dock at the grocery store.
Allelluia!

Marco Island Farmers' Market.  

The weather systems go up and down, up and down.  That's winter in the South.  Yet another wind event was coming.   We're ready, tucked into a great little anchorage in Marco Island called Smokehouse Bay. It was a little snakey winding our way in there through the shallow canals, but we ended up in a wide basin, surrounded by houses, condos, and a large marina, right off the main street of Marco Island.  There is even a dinghy dock at the local grocery store.  Now that's accommodating!  And how forward thinking.  Already, we've stocked up the boat with groceries, I've had a pedicure (my first one), I have an appointment at a hair salon tomorrow and we'll likely go out for dinner afterwards.  Ca-Ching for the local economy.  We do our part.

We weathered out a "wind event" and thunder storm here.  We're not sure what the wind speeds were but we were rockin' and rollin' all day.  Jeff only left the boat to run me to shore and back for a hair appointment.

We'll likely leave here in a little while once the Gulf of Mexico calms down.  Our destination?  South.  How far will depend on the weather and sea conditions.  In the meantime, this is a pretty convenient place to sit and wait it out.