On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:21:53 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:30:07 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

The weather has just started turning really nice here in south
Florida. Temperatures are down, humidity is down, the rainy season
is drawing to a close, and it looks like we're almost out of the
hurricane threat season. Life is good. We were recently out for a
several day cruise to South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island with
some friends of ours, and it is really a first class marina and
resort. For the price of dockage you get the run of the whole place
and it is very nice spot to hide out for a few days.

http://www.southseas.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g34481-d216486-Reviews-South_Seas_Island_Resort-Captiva_Island_Florida.html

We still get out 3 or 4 evenings a week. usually we just run down the
river, poke around in the bay and come back, stopping off somewhere
for Ed to run and swim.

We stayed at South Seas a few times and also Tween Waters, just down
the road. Both are nice, Tween Waters seems better if you come by
boat. Tween Waters is also pet friendly, not sure about South Seas.

We were the smallest boat there.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Tween%20Waters.jpg

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Yes, Tween Waters is a popular day trip for us when we have out of
town visitors, usually in the runabout since we can be out there in
well under an hour. They give us free dockage for the afternoon
(although we tip the dock master generously), and we get the run of
the place. The snack bar and pool bar are fun places to hang out for
a while, and its a quick walk across the road to the beach.

http://tween-waters.com/webcam.php

wrote:
On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:29:25 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

Yes, Tween Waters is a popular day trip for us when we have out of
town visitors, usually in the runabout since we can be out there in
well under an hour. They give us free dockage for the afternoon
(although we tip the dock master generously), and we get the run of
the place. The snack bar and pool bar are fun places to hang out for
a while, and its a quick walk across the road to the beach.

http://tween-waters.com/webcam.php


If I want to go to the beach, it is hard to beat Lover's Key and I am
about 15-20 minutes away by boat. Usually I can find a place to beach
the boat that is a quarter mile away from the nearest other person.
They opened a new restaurant at the Lover's Key resort, just around
the corner inside Big Carlos, that is accessible by boat but you are
beaching it, no dockage,.
The food is good but the place is spendy. Lunch is $40 with a tip.

I have been fighting a cold for a few days, so pretty much doing a little
around the house. Couple rescreens on sliders and windows. Crab season
opens Nov. 2, so will have to get the crap pots ready, and go down a day
early for party and get bait. That webcam shows lots of wind in the palms.
We had fog this morning, so the ocean was probably really foggy.