A Change of Plans!

Friday, February 10, 2012 From: Everglades City, FL MM 63.0 To: Naples, FL Latt: 26 07 88N Long: 081 47 60W Weather: Fog in the morning and evening; variable wind generally less than 5 knots; high80, low 67; sun after morning fog then partly cloudy, then evening fog Comments: After leaving Everglades City, we set a course for San Carlos Bay and Fort Meyer's Beach. The prudent mariner must go pretty far south and west before turning north so as to avoid the Cape Romano Shoals just south of Marco Island. Recognizing that we wouldn't be able to turn to the north until about noon, and having listened to the weather forecast (a cold front is moving in tomorrow), we decided to change the destination to Naples. Rather than motor in the Gulf, we decided to take the inside route behind Goodland and Marco I. This route would give us something to see. It also allowed us to get rocked by small boat wakes.