Naples south to Marco Island.
We anchored at abeautiful
little spot in Factory
Bay by Marco River
Marina. Ross dropped
the dinghy in the water
and we headed to shore.
The sun is shining today
and the temps are actually
warm enough
for some of us to
don shorts. Yes,
those are bare legs!
We walked around Marco Island a while, taking in the scenery. Found a local off the main drag place to eat called The Sandbar. Great burgers and tuna melts.
On the way back to
where we left our dinghy tied up we passed this
open-air bait shop. There
were egrets all over it,
begging. I commented
about it to the guy operating it. He said when it’s this cold out, the birds don’t want to go out to fish and become beggars. They are spectacular birds and I know it would be difficult for me to say no to them. As we reached our dinghy I looked back and took this photo of him hand feeding several of the braver (hungriest?) birds with minnows he had in a bucket.
This is a photo of the sunset over Marco Island. Wish I had a wide angle lens to better capture it.
Sure hope it warms up more before the February leg of the trip..
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