Started the day by breaking camp at Fort DeSoto Park Campground Site 38. Took a couple of moments to watch shorebirds foraging for their breakfast. Then met Kay and headed to Paradise Grille on Pass-a-Grille Beach. We fell in love with this place when it was Seaside Restaurant. There’s been a change of ownership. For some reason there are fewer fellow diners here today but the view is still phenomenal and the company delightful. After breakfast the two of us headed for points south checking out a few favorite places along the way such as Ted Peter’s Smoked Fish – an amazing eatery – St. Joseph’s School, Highland Park Apartments. Because of significant winds, we opted to go east over the Gandy Bridge and south on US-41. That gave us a chance to go by Fisher Buggies but didn’t manage to connect with our friend Ken. We ended up west of Fort Myers on Pine Island just a little north of St James City in a KOA that one resident describes as “red Neck Riviera”.
It was a fabulous opportunity to not only view the 2024 Solar Eclipse from within the path of totality but also to enjoy a five day weekend with friends from the T@B trailer community at Ohio’s East Harbor State Park on the shore of Lake Erie.
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