IE has spent the long weekend at Boca Grande Marine - one of our favorite spots so we were very excited to secure a slip. This is a very busy Marina with lots of boats coming for lunch between 11am and 2pm and then later for dinner. Gasparella Island is truly a unique spot. It is the perfect place to walk, bike, golf cart ,beach and a fisherman’s paradise. The best Tarpon fishing - I believe! According to the local guide the island has no stoplights ( Nandad loves that ), no gas stations, no fast food and no fast paced living.
On Saturday Nana and Nandad were provided with the best, if not noisiest, entertainment for the afternoon. The highly juiced cigarette boats arrived - 35 in total participating in the Fort Meyers Poker Run. Now these boats are quite the spectacle to watch and arrive with much glamour- helicopter overhead taking all kinds of pictures. Maybe IE will appear in some very high tech boating magazine! After the noise we got to admire all those highly polished and beautiful machines. A sport for the very wealthy.
Sunday as always found Nana and Nandad attending mass at the beautiful little Catholic Church called Our Lady of Mercy. Barbara Bush would attend service here when she was on the Island - all flags are flying half mast in respect of her passing. A wonderful breakfast at The Gasperilla Inn which is truly Florida As It Was Meant To Be - as advertised by the Inn. If you are lucky enough to stay at the Inn you have access to golf, tennis and a beautiful beach club along with a hoard of other activities.
The Our Lady of Mercy church at Bona Grande
Nana in her glory at breakfast and Nandad outside Hudson’s grocery where the Pink gas pump is surrounded by beautiful flowers. The store closes on Sundays and opening times are 8am to 5 pm. The perfect schedule to allow some Island time every day.
Monday morning IE will make her way up to Safe Cove. Safe Cove is 30 nm from Boca Grande where a series of canals ( 6 mile long) lead to Placida Harbor. She will remain there for the summer and Nana and Nandad hope to return on their adventures once again in the fall. How lucky are we.
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