One of the great things about living aboard at Salty Sam's Marina is that we get a front row seat to the staging of the annual Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade. Every year the parade starts at Salty Sam's with boaters adding their last minute decorations or checking the lights before heading … [Read more...] about Creative lights, festive attire and holiday cheer at the FMB Christmas Boat Parade
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Lights & festivities abound at the annual Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade
Last weekend marked our third attendance at the annual Fort Myers Beach Boat Parade organized by the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Salty Sam's Marina. Last year, we cruised from Snookbight Marina to Salty Sam's to the stay the weekend and enjoy the parade which was being staged … [Read more...] about Lights & festivities abound at the annual Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade
Settling back into marina life after Irma
A reader emailed us the other day asking how we were since there hasn't been a blog post since September. We certainly appreciate the checking in, but I told him quite frankly that we really haven't been up to much. This blog tends to go quiet in the hot months of summer, from July-October down … [Read more...] about Settling back into marina life after Irma
FMB Christmas Boat Parade & Salty Sam’s “stay-cation”
This past weekend, we took Blue Turtle to Salty Sam's Marina to stay 2 nights and watch the Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade. We left Snook Bight on Friday afternoon and took a short cruise over to Salty Sam's. On our way there, we were escorted by several pods of dolphin (Check out our … [Read more...] about FMB Christmas Boat Parade & Salty Sam’s “stay-cation”
FMB Christmas Boat Parade – Join in the festivities!
Come celebrate the Christmas spirit at the 28th Annual Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade. The parade is held on Saturday, December 3rd and starts at Salty Sam's Marina and will pass though Matanzas Harbor and the first two canals of Siesta Isles. We participated in the parade in 2014 aboard a … [Read more...] about FMB Christmas Boat Parade – Join in the festivities!
Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field
We haven't been off the dock since our New Years Trip to Cayo Costa and Palm Island Marina so we decided to take a very short cruise from Snook Bight Marina to the Matanzas Harbor Mooring Field on Fort Myers Beach. Randy and I have stayed on my parent's boat Island Time on a ball there, but haven't … [Read more...] about Fort Myers Beach Mooring Field
