Irish Invasion

That's right. We've been invaded by the Flanagan's. Mike & Nancy to be precise. Back to see the Florida that the Chamber of Commerce promises. Last year when they were here it was cold and windy. Not what you want when you come South.

We're here and we're over dressed! Yippee!

You can see from the picture Nancy forgot to take off one of her gloves. Actually she fell a week before departure and broke her wrist. Ouch! Being the trooper she is it didn't keep her from jumping on the plane and heading to Ft. Myers. She has adapted quite well to drinking with her left hand!

The happy campers in appropriate garb off Sanibel Island.

With the weather cooperating we travelled offshore around Sanibel and Captiva Islands and back in Boca Grande Pass to anchor for a few days at Cayo Costa. Amazingly we got the anchor set just in time for cocktails!

The Explorer's about to embark on a wild safari to the other side of the island.

Our first full day at Cayo Costa started with a dinghy ride across the anchorage to a small cove in search of wildlife. Success was had when we spotted several Manatee's floating around soaking up the sun.

One of the lazy guys checking us out as we idled by.

Our next adventure took us on shore and across the island to the gulf side and a walk on the beach. The shelling was good. Unfortunately for those following us they witnessed four butts in the air at times as we searched for the perfect shells.

Looking for shells. (They would never let me get behind them with the camera!)

After a long walk and success at finding shells we had a wet ride ( brisk wind from the South) back to Tourist for afternoon tea and crumpets before Pam made a gourmet meal for dinner. The day ended with a beautiful sunset over the island.

Sunset over Cayo Costa.