LeeTran and Bocce!

Wednesday & Thursday, March 14 &; 15, 2012

S/V About Time and S/V SUNSHINE anchored in Bimini Basin, Cape Coral, FL

 On Wednesday, we rode the Route 40 bus (LeeTran) to 26th Street. The fare was $1.25/person for the ten minute ride. We could have gone farther, but we were on a mission. Once accomplished, we walked about 3 miles back to the basin, stopping at Publix for a few supplies along the way. Before returning to SUNSHINE, we stopped by ABC Canvas to pick up our sail cover. We dropped it off earlier in the morning for a couple of repairs and improvements. Once aboard, we installed said cover only to find one of the improvements was done incorrectly.

Burrowing Owls can be found in several vacant lots in Cape Coral. Mom and Dad are standing guard over three chicks in this burrow.

 On Thursday, we returned to the canvas guy, to allow him to correct the problem. We picked it up a couple of hours later and reinstalled it. The repairs and improvements seem to be quality work.

 We also managed a couple of games of Bocce. As usual, Dee and I were victorious. We completely dominated both games with shots like this:

The red and green balls were rolled by Dee and me. The object is be closest to the little white ball. Notice that you do not see the blue and yellow balls of Team About Time. They have been rolled and are somewhere on the court, just not anywhere near the little white ball!

 Having won all four games we played while here in Bimini Basin, Dee felt some compassion for the losers. We agreed to play a 7 point game to stroke their egos. Having nothing to prove, Team 100% Irish (Dee and I) didn't put forth our best effort. In fact, we didn't even make any effort to win, so the About Time Team won a meaningless 7 point exhibition game! Later in the day, Anna Marie and I walked the town. We sample the specials at the Back Street Tavern (pulled pork sliders and snow crab clusters) before meeting Dee and Lee for ice cream and to bid them a fond farewell and safe cruising. We may see them again in late April.