Bulls in a test of strength on the spoil bank next to the waterway, after about 5 minutes the one on the leftgave up and walked away.
An Osprey, they have a white head and can be confused with a Bald Eagle but the Osprey has a dark line back of the eyes and no white on it's tail feathers.
Entering the Ortona Locks
The campground and artificial beach next to the Franklin Lock near Ft Myers, the Corps of Engineers has nice campgrounds at all the locks on the Okeechobee waterway.
We had a nice day for the trip to Ft. Myers the scenery is beautiful along this stretch we passed sugar cane fields, cattle farms, and orange groves. You never know what will be seen next in one yard there was a pen with about 5 Llamas, next to it a Camel was resting under a tree! It is Saturday so after about 9 AM the water started getting crowded with fishermen, runabouts and othe boaters cruising like us. Needless to say we were "waked" several times, once badly, and another wine glass bit the dust. We went through two locks and several bridges with no delay or problem at any of them.
The campground and artificial beach next to the Franklin Lock near Ft Myers, the Corps of Engineers has nice campgrounds at all the locks on the Okeechobee waterway.
We had a nice day for the trip to Ft. Myers the scenery is beautiful along this stretch we passed sugar cane fields, cattle farms, and orange groves. You never know what will be seen next in one yard there was a pen with about 5 Llamas, next to it a Camel was resting under a tree! It is Saturday so after about 9 AM the water started getting crowded with fishermen, runabouts and othe boaters cruising like us. Needless to say we were "waked" several times, once badly, and another wine glass bit the dust. We went through two locks and several bridges with no delay or problem at any of them. We arrived at the Legacy Marina in Ft. Myers where we stayed on our way south. we were in the same slip as well. Unfortunately at the municipal park near the marina there was a rapp, reggae, hiphop, chanting, semi political festival of some sort going on, the music was terrible and could be heard blasting all over town. Bad music played loud, not a good combination, it lasted till 9PM
The weather forecast is calling for rain and windy conditions so we'll be here a couple of days till that blows over
To see our location in Ft. Myers click on the link below
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