OFF TO MARCO ISLAND

January 25, 2012  Dateline: Marco Island, FL USA

Last night, Rich and Carol went to a park in Naples where Newt Gingrich was speaking.  He was two hours late but the crowd waited for him. There were more than 6,000 people in attendance. The attendance was larger than both Tampa and Sarasota campaign stops combined.  Living in New Jersey, Rich and Carol do not get to see presidential candidates.  The State most often votes Democratic so the Republican candidates don’t come to the State and the Democrats see no reason to invest in a State that will vote for them anyway.

At a nearby marina today on Marco Island there were some men cleaning their catch of the day.  There were pelicans standing at their feet begging for scraps of fish.  The men threw some of the scraps into the water and the pelicans jumped up and flew into the water.  There they floated and waited for some more scraps to be tossed into the water.  Pelicans must intimidate sea gulls as the gulls flew around but did not come anywhere near the scraps.

I will remain here until Monday when I take the 80+ mile trip to Key West.

This morning after getting fuel I headed off to Marco Island a short 14 miles away.  As we traveled down the Gordon River leaving Naples we saw very expensive homes on both shores, here are a few pictures.