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Ft Myers to Marco Island

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It was a beautiful morning to wake up on the bay in Ft Myers.  I slept until the batteries died (apparently not enough capacity or there are more batteries needing replacing). I then started the generator and slept til sunrise....  When we got ready to go, wiped down the isenglass (it gets foggy and wet) and started off into the ocean.  No more Intracoastal Waterway .. Slowly Marco came into sight...  (We could always see shore and never got more than 40ft of water...  The ocean is shallow down here).  As things got closer the waves got bigger.  Not horrible but enough to get Katie a little seasick.  Beam seas (waves from the side) are the worst as they rock you... But in we went ...  Our last stop before the keys.   Marco is Uber developed.   Houses and condos on almost every square inch.  Waterways anyone?  I think every single house is on a channel.  And some of it goes vertical now (although most are single fam