Day 16 off to Naples

Hi F&F
Well the fabulous weather continues.We woke up to a glorious day and after a quick foray to
Publix supermarket , we set off for Naples.It was very busy heading out of the channel into the Gulf of Mexico but once through that we had an easy run down to Naples which only took 2 1/2 hours, before we entered at Gordon Pass .We wound our way up the channel very slowly with minimum wake and passed huge fancy houses lining the channel.This is indeed a place for the rich not necessarily famous! Several Exxon Mobil CEO 's have found this is a good place to retire or at least have a 2 nd home.Very nice town with lots of restaurants and fancy art galleries and jewelry stores.The area is lovely with lots of palms trees and blue / green water and sandy beaches. We were given a great face ie (side tie dock ) at the end of a T head at the Naples City Dock and so have wonderful views of the water and all the activity. At 5.30 pm Judy and Curtis came on board for drinks and we sat outside in the cockpit enjoying the last of the sun . Then we walked over to the French Blue Provence restaurant for dinner and had a fabulous meal Judy and I had the Mediterranean Sea bass with we both thought was outstanding.We were seated outside and enjoyed the atmosphere and had a real fun evening together. So good to get together with old friends !
Walked back to the dock, the stars were out and the moon was a horizontal crescent shape.Most interesting. So ended another blessed day.
Over and out,
Erica