Naples Ashore!

Saturday, February 11, 2012 Naples Ashore! Lay Day: Naples, FL MM 32.5 Weather: a little bit of everything overcast, sun, and a lot of wind; high low 70s, low 50s Comments: So, Naples is an interesting town! The 5th Avenue District sported a huge car show. There were more Ferraris than cars in NJ car shows. In fact, there had to be hundreds of cars on display. It was incredible. The park Nextel door had a big art show with what appeared to be one hundred or so tents and all kinds of art and handicrafts for sale. We stopped walking for a few minutes to listen to country singer Rockie Lynne and his band. He thanked his fans for making one of his recordings (something about putting your lipstick on in the car) number 1! Who knew? He was entertaining and a pretty good guitar player too. From 5th Avenue, we walked to the 3rd Street historic section of town. There were more shops and restaurants. It's a shame we missed the Saturday morning Farmer's Market. It would have been nice to get some fresh veggies. We walked back to Crayton Cove to talk to the marina staff and then walked to the Tin City section of town. It's a funky place with shops and more eateries. Not at all upscale like Fifth Ave. our only purchases were coconut ice cream cones that we enjoyed while watching people come and go. We were back aboard SUNSHINE by 1600 hours, after having walked for three hours!