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Day 260 - Pelican Bay to Burnt Store and back

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Day 260: Wednesday, January 11th: We slept late (8:00am) this morning, had a light breakfast and got underway about 10:00. The anchorage offered some interesting "grass" for our anchor as it came up. Ruth said, "Yuk!"

Thank goodness we had a wash down system to get that "stuff" off the anchor and chain.

We headed out of the shallow anchorage and cruised across the large bay called Charlotte Harbor to Burnt Store Marina. This is a rather fancy marina associated with condos, a hotel, restaurant, shopping, boat brokers, etc. This area is like a little city miles from anything, but people come here by boat and car. It got badly hit by the hurricanes two years ago.

However our target was Porto Bella Restaurant, a waterfront restaurant that serves very good pizza - one of the best we have had. They are known for the giant palm tree that grows up through the floor:

…and out through the ceiling:

The facility offers all the accoutrements, including a flag array. In the background are some of the condos being repaired:

We remembered "Home James" from our earlier visits. A fellow named James who runs some funeral homes in Chicago owns this 103-foot boat. Bill decided he was in the wrong business!

We had a couple of pizzas and headed back to our favorite anchorage across Charlotte Harbor. It was glassy smooth and perfectly clear. Back in the Pelican Bay anchorage in late afternoon, we noticed the moon overhead. Of course, there were a few other boats in the anchorage:

It was another nice day near Paradise.

The sunset was a doozie. Again!

Bill's pick:

Ruth's pick:

Position tonight: N26 41.199 W082 14.556

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