FORT MYERS, FL - THE CLYDESDALES

Friday, February 13th to Sunday, February 15th, 2015

Day 193-195
Miles Traveled: 0
Total Miles Traveled: 2644


  Friday, after lunch, a Gold Looper couple, John & Carol, from Ohio, who winter in North Fort Myers, stopped by to meet us.  They have been following our blog postings and wanted to meet us.  Interestingly, Dan, in preparation for our journey, had read their blog about their Loop trip.  It was nice to meet some people from our old boating area, Cincinnati, OH.

  Later that afternoon, we headed to downtown Fort Myers to see the amazing Clydesdales of Budweiser.  We had the opportunity to see them being hitched up to the Budweiser wagon.  These horses are very beautiful and magnificent.

Clydesdales hitched to the Budweiser wagon

close up of one of the Clydesdales

  Dan drank a Budweiser in honor of their visit.  Also, don't forget the Dalmatian dog that always rides along. 

Dan with his Bud Light

The Budweiser Dalmatian sitting tall

  We got to watch as the Clydesdales pulled the Budweiser wagon down the streets in downtown Fort Myers.  They stopped in front of all the bars and restaurants that were selling Budweiser beer.

Clydesdales on the move

       
  Dan got this great video clip of these amazing horses trotting right beside us.

  Saturday, Angie's long time family friend, Donna, came with two of her friends, John and Mary, and took us out to lunch at Joe's Crab Shack.  The restaurant is right at the marina and overlooks the Caloosahatchee River.  We had a great lunch with some great people and great views.

Angie with John, Donna, and Mary

  For Valentine's Day dinner, we had fruit and nut chicken salad from Publix (which was very good) and instead of chocolate covered strawberries, we sliced up fresh strawberries and topped with dark chocolate chip morsels (Angie found she could get more chocolate in one bite using this recipe).  We snuggled on the couch after dinner and watched a movie.  It was a relaxing Valentine's Day evening.

  Sunday was spent relaxing on the boat.  We had "docktails" with some of the boaters on our dock, Dock D, awaiting the first annual Edison boat parade.  We had a better turn out of boats for our first annual 4th of July boat parade for Greenup, KY.  This parade consisted of 5 police boats, 1 fire boat, and the Capt P stern wheeler.  No pleasure boats participated which was a bit of a surprise.  We enjoyed the "docktails".