Everglade City

Friday 8 February, 2019

We got packed up and headed out about 9:30, going to Stewart's RV Repair.  They worked on the steps and the door awning, but no luck with either, they'll have to order parts.  We finally got on the

Sunset from our Site

road to head to Everglade City about 12:00.  From there on it was an uneventful drive, through some beautiful country side.  First it was the citrus trees then on through the Sugar Cane fields.  About 30 minutes from our stop, we started seeing the alligators....yep still here.  We find the Resort and get parked, set up and sit outside the rest of the evening.  The place is beautiful and we are on the river with a pull in site....nice.

Saturday 9 February 2019

We got up to a beautiful morning so Brad made eggs and bacon on the grill and we watched the dolphins swimming down the river.  We get cleaned up, walked Rudy

then head out to find the Seafood Festival.  As it turned out they are running a golf cart shuttle from the resort to the Festival, so we just hitched a ride.  The Festival was huge and yes we spent some money, but the food was a little disappointing.  The fish was good but all the sides were a little on the nasty side.  We both had figured we would be eating lunch and dinner, so we headed back home about 2:30.  We got Rudy and took a long walk with him, managing to find a restaurant that looked pretty good and the best part is it is only about a block from the Resort.  Traffic was very heavy to and from the festival so we had dinner in and sat outside the rest of the evening.

Sunday 10 February 2019

We had breakfast here at the campsite then we got cleaned up and headed out.  We took a ride down to Chokoloskee Island just to check it out.  We drove around there for a while then parked and went  

Our Site for the Week!!

for a walk.  While we were there we checked out another RV Resort, we might come to next year.  After that we headed back home, took Rudy for a long walk.  We had dinner in and spent all afternoon and evening sitting outside people watching.  There are a couple of Airboat Rides on the river and the different people can be pretty interesting.

Monday 11 February 2019

We had breakfast here at the campsite but for lunch we headed over to the Camellia Street Grill.  I had the Mahi sandwich and Brad had the crab cake sandwich...….and now once again he remembers why you don't get the crab cakes in Florida they had corn in them.  We then went for a nice drive to check out the place since the festival is over and you can actually drive up and down the Island.  The Island was covered with 6 foot of water during Hurricane Irma and there are still a lot of vacant/abandoned homes and businesses here on the Island.  We stopped in at the Everglades National Park and decided on coming back for a boat tour.  We headed back to the Moho, gathered up Rudy and went for another long walk and had dinner in.

Tuesday 12 February 2019

White Pelicans

in the Everglades

We decided we were doing the 11:00 boat ride, so it was just cereal for breakfast, showers for both and off we head.  We got there about 10:20 to get our tickets, only to find out they aren't doing the Mangrove tours yet, they have to get all new government approval since the hurricane destroyed their routes in 2017.   So we got tickets for the 10:30 boat ride through the Park and the 10,000 Islands.  It was a beautiful trip, that we both enjoyed, with lots of birds, a manatee and dolphins.  The speaker did a very nice job, he was very knowledgeable about the different birds and all the little islands that we passed.  After that we headed back down to Chokoloskee Island to try the Havana Café, and we were glad we did.  I had the blackened Scallops and

The Havana Café  

Brad had the blackened Shrimp, both meals were delicious.  We headed back up to Everglades City and did a little side trip out Plantation Blvd., which just took you off to another little island of residential home.  There were just a lot of homes vacated since the hurricane and others that looked like they should have been condemned but were being lived in.  A quick stop at the Everglades National Park so I could stamp my Park Book and then it's off to home to rescue Rudy.  We took him for a  long walk to the other side of the River to check out the Airboat Rides and a Seafood Market we had seen from the CG.  Back home for a light dinner and to watch NCIS.  

Wednesday 13 February 2019

We got up to the sound of rain.....ugh.  It stopped for a few minutes so Brad headed out the door with Rudy.  Back home and about 10:00 I headed up to the shop for a Pedi.....makes it nice they have that here at the Resort.  Brad picked me up when I was finished and we headed over to the Triad Café for lunch.  I had the Stone Crab Claws and Brad, of course, had Grilled Shrimp, both were delicious and I have some leftovers for dinner tonight.  Back home we gathered up the laundry and headed up to the office, well being a rainy day everybody must have had the same idea.  They only have 3 washers and 3 dryers and the place was packed so back home we go.  About 2:15 Brad headed back up and called the washers were open, so I headed up.   It was still crazy busy when I finished up at 4:45.  What a way to spend a rainy day, but it's all finished.  Well it's 5:30 and the rain has quit, so Brad and Rudy are off for a walk while I finish with the blog.  One more day here and I'm sure one more restaurant to try.