What a magnificent trip up Lemon Bay, along the Tamiami Trail ( which passes through a corner of the Venice municipal airport), Roberts Bay and final destination the Crows Nest which is right alongside Casey Pass leading out into the Gulf of Mexico. On our journey up we had our first sighting of Dolphin having fun frolicking along the stern and entertaining all the small watercraft that surrounded IE. We also saw a bald eagle perched high on a tree right along the ICW - unfortunately a cell phone can not do it justice. Now as we all know boating comes with much unpredictability and just as Nandad had decided to stear from the bridge Nana heard what sounded like a little whistle. A few minutes later the temperature alarm goes off and we discover the starboard fan belt has come off!!! This means IE has to continue with one engine to Venice. The good news is it’s only 6 miles, the bad news is the current and tide are very strong in that area with lots of traffic but not to fear Nandad is the Skipper of the day.
The Bald Eagle looks so minute in the picture but it was really amazing to see through binocular! You will have to trust me on that. You can see all the little sail boats and watercraft beached on the little island right beside the docking area at Crows Nest. The Marina is also right beside the most beautiful stretch of Venice beach with incredible sunsets 🌅. Now Nana and Nandad never loose an opportunity so once IE was snug in her slip we got a Lyft to Real Bikes and within 15 minutes Nanas bike was once again ready to go. So hopefully with two new tires and tubes nothing much more can go wrong- but who knows!
October 21st Sunday Layday started with a 2 mile bike ride to the Epiphany Cathedral for Mass. Then another mile ride to Publix for groceries, Nandad with his backpack and Nana with hers - quite the project. Our reward was a wonderful brunch at the Crows Nest restaurant. Afterwards Nana went to say hallo to the resident parrot Pepe - picture to follow.
Now as I mentioned Nana and Nandad are on a mission this year to check out as many Yacht Clubs as we can. So we discovered that Venice Yacht Club is only reciprocal to FCYC - it is one of the 13 original members - therefore we were unable to stay there. However we rode our bikes over and were given a members package and checked out their wonderful facility. They have a pool, tiki bar, sunset room, dining room, Marina with 46 slips and all kinds of social activities. Did I forget to mention that it is a short walk to historic downtown Venice from the Yacht Club.
We then continued our biking and found ourselves down at the other end of Venice beach where a group had gathered to celebrate the sunset in what appeared to be some kind of dance and music ritual. It was very entertaining and what better way to celebrate Mother Nature.
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