3 week trip on Houseboat in Everglades


On our way, first day.


Along beach and mangrove lined waterways.


Birds nest atop channel markers.


First evening at anchor in a quiet lagoon


Ditto


Ditto


Out at dawn, headed for da gulf.


Da gulf with dolphin


Mangrove


Approaching Port of the Islands


Manatee


Looking for Alligator


A beach made for shelling


Michelle and Pete


View from the beach


On the beach


Drying shells as the sun sets


Red sky at night


Pete at the Helm


Michelle underway


CJ


Dick and Joan ...


... sharing a lovely time ...


... anchored to an oyster bar ...


... onto which we were blown because of a failed engine (clogged fuel filter) ...


In tow


Thanking Dave


What's for dinner?


barby


Mangrove


River


Naples from the gulf


Trouble again ...


The fleet is in


At anchor


from pilot house


to stateroom below


looking forward


pilothouse looking aft


Half the movies were ok


At anchor, us too! Actually a boat came off anchor and hit the wreak the next am


O say can you see?


Captiva - Safety Harbor, and Barnacle Phil's


The dock at BP's


Folks put up money all over the walls, ceiling


about $6,000 in all


We had docked here 2 days ago, now being destroyed.


At anchor in a very shallow spot.


That night we grounded and tipped at low tide, note angle of curtain and fly swatter.


Tide rises, then away at dawn


Sand bars around Gullivan Island


A town just south of Everglade City where the Mosquito Festival is in full swing every day of the year!


The dolphin would occassionally get a lot closer than this.


Back to home port on the penultimate day.


Attempting (and failing) the drive to Chicago. Thousands of trucks ...


... and cars off the road. A major storm.


Final sunset, sitting on Hwy 41 in Indiana.