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Monday
We left the anchorage at Ding Darling mid morning and moving up the coast a bit past Sanibel and Captiva to Cayo Costa. We considered to anchor in the Captiva area so Ridge could easily come join us for a fishing trip but the winds were high and the water was rough. No go. Maybe on the way south. The water is getting clearer and prettier as we move north just a bit.
We anchored at the Pelican Bay area on the north end of Cayo Costa which is just before the Boca Grande inlet at Charlotte Harbor. There is a state park there which we had access to with a 1 mile trail to the beach, so we went for nice HOT walk but were rewarded with a nice dip in the beautiful ocean! Luckily it was about 5 in the afternoon and all the tourists that are ferried in had just left so we had the beach to ourselves. Bella got really hot and needed a cool off too.
Tuesday we decided to travel by dinghy 2.8 miles south to a cut in the mangroves that takes you through a winding water path and then a "not so sure" walking path to the beach. The tunnel is known as the The Tunnel of Love.
It was bit strange dodging branches and roots in the dinghy and finally found what we thought was the area to get the foot path.
We turned on our tracking on the chart plotter app on the phone in case we needed it to return. There is a small cut through the mangroves (not shown on chart) and then we walked to the beach.
Quite a different day than yesterday. Water was way too rough to enter but still quite beautiful.
We had a lazy, relaxed afternoon on the boat and a great sunset.
We found a nice shady spot (the only shady spot) to sit and have a snack and water break.
Rough water and windy
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