Blue Turtle Cruising

This past weekend, Randy and I found ourselves kid-free for the weekend. Corey spent the weekend in Orlando at Sea World with his mom. So Friday afternoon, Randy and I dropped the lines and headed to the Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field. Even though getting a mooring ball at Fort Myers Beach only takes us …

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After our overnight stay at Naples City Dock, we headed north back to our home port of Fort Myers Beach to spend New Years with family & friends. We had been away from our home port dock for 4 nights and we weren’t ready to head into Snook Bight just yet, so we stopped at …

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For the past couple of years, we’ve celebrated 4th of July at the Cape Coral Yacht Club with my family and friends. This year, since we are now on the beach, Randy wanted to check out the fireworks they set off from the Fort Myers Beach pier. His father, John, and friend April came down …

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So, St. Patrick’s Day has come and just about gone, but Randy and I had a wonderful time on Fort Myers Beach. We began our day by sleeping in (until 8:30ish) with plans to go on a brunch cruise on the Indian Princess. We had a fairly large group from the marina going on the …

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This weekend, we had our first experience with the Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival. The Shrimp Festival, sponsored by the Lions Club, has been held each year since 1959 with all proceeds going to local Lions Club charities. The event has it’s own parade,  Shrimp Festival Queen and court, crafts expo and food booths with, shrimp …

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Snook Bight Open House

Last Saturday, February 2nd our marina, Snook Bight, hosted an Open House to celebrate the completion of the floating docks. It was a grand party with people coming from all over by boat, car and bikes. It was a festive day around the docks with food, drink, raffles and even a golf contest where folks …

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