We got
off to a good start around 8:30 Wednesday morning, heading west from LaBelle on the
Caloosahatchee River, retracing our path back toward the Gulf of Mexico. We went through our
113th and 114th locks, the last two for a long, long time.
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| Franklin Lock - our 114th |
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| Fort Myers |
After we passed
under the big Fort Myers bridge, a family of dolphins joined us, swimming and
jumping in our wake as we traveled at about 9.5 mph. They were level with our
cockpit in the wake that comes off the nose of the boat, not
the stronger wake that churns from the engine. Sometimes they passed under our
keel. It was WONDERFUL! I could actually see their eyes when they rolled on
their sides. There were about 12 of them - a large, dark gray one, a little
child, a light gray mother with a pink belly, several medium gray and a few
light gray. They were the same pod of dolphins that we saw last November; I
knew this because of the notch on an older fellow’s fin. They stayed with
us at least 20 minutes until we reached a channel marker. That must have been their home area. I visited with them the
whole time, leaving Brian to drive the boat through the Fort Myers boat traffic
and narrow channels. These dolphins are now the standard by which all other dolphin pods will be
judged. Love it.
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| Gorgeous green water, sunlight, big sprays over the bow and so many condos along the beach! |
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