Fort Myers, FL - To Go or Not to Go

We’re sandwiched between two storms. Gustav’s presence is diminishing as he moves northerly, but Hanna is now on the radar. We decided not to leave on Monday as we planned because we wanted to finish some maintenance projects on the RV and to also enjoy the area. So, we’ve now accomplished washing the RV and Andy has repaired the awnings. He bought some special sail-repair tape from West Marine and clear duct tape to use on the tears and cracks that are progressively getting worse on all three awnings. Hopefully this will buy us some more time before we have to replace them.

We also got to go for a nice paddle in the waves along the beach north of John Morris Road, which is part of the Calusa Blueway (Trail Marker 48). And, of course, I am adding to my already overflowing collection of sea shells. We’ve found some good ones, too…Pear Whelk, King’s Crown, and starfish…
The beaches were littered with sponges from the storm. Now, if I can only figure out how to add some of these colorful and ornate beauties to my collection...
We’ve decided to stay the week here in Fort Myers. We’re hoping to avoid Hanna by doing so. We have our laptops with us and the RV park has internet, so we we’ll work from here. This will be fun!