Sanibel

It is Monday evening and we are at the Sanibel Marina on Sanibel Island.  On Sunday we left Little Palm Island went to Marathon, crossed under the seven mile bridge, and entered the Gulf and then travelled to Little Shark River in the Everglades.  We anchored there for the night, and today made it to Sanibel.  If the weather holds we will cross to Apalachicola on Wednesday.  We had calm seas today, but yesterday took a little spray.  We ate at Grandma Dot's restaurant here at the marina and are about to turn in for the night.  We have traveled 249 nautical miles from Fort Lauderdale consuming 377 gallons of diesel.  We have been running at 10 knots, so are burning more fuel than normal, trying to get home.