Naples

Left Everglades City and the deluxe RV park Thursday. Had an easy trip in the gulf and up behind Marco Island. We anchored in Smokehouse bay (inner city Marco) and rafted up with Grey Goose. We sat on our back porches and enjoyed the sunset. Pat and Pam "cocktailed."
This morning, I checked the weather forecast to see if I could hook up with Cavanaugh for another day of fishing. Either I missed it yesterday, or NOAA added the gale warning today. So much for fishing. We went ahead and moved up to Naples before the wind built over to 30. I feel safer on a mooring ball--and it's only $10 a night. We'll take our dinghy into shore tomorrow. Looks like rain today.
Getting into the Naples City Dock was an adventure. The wind was blowing strong against the dock, so we hit pretty hard. They require that you pump out before going to a ball. Getting away from the dock was equally exciting as was picking up the mooring ball in this wind. Grey Goose got secured to their ball on the first pass. It was their first time ever picking up a ball and they did a great job in very difficult circumstances.
It looks like we might be able to go back out in the gulf on Sunday. North wind, but only blowing 10 with 2 - 3 foot seas. If we can't go Sunday, it could be Wednesday before we would try again. There are worse places to be stuck.