Cape Romano

On Thursday we paddled eight miles from White Horse Key over to Cape Romono.  Weatherwise the going was rough.

Hard wind and a strong tide made paddling in a straight line harder than ever.  In one spot we hit a little rain and sped on towards a resting point to avoid worse conditions.  On the way we saw dolphins, sea turtle, stingray, and a variety of birds that would majestically plunge headfirst into the water to make a snack out of some fish.


Eventually we got to the campsite at Cape Romano. Once we were there we set up camp. then we had out lunch summer sausage and crackers.  Then we had the option to go on a walk down the beach.

The walk was one mile long and we went all the way down to the end of the beach. there were shells everywhere. the entire beach was basically just shells. A little further down the beach there were these bizarre looking houses that were all broken down.

Somebody tried to make a hotel out of them but when the first storm hit they broke down. Then came the end of the walk where we got to the end of the beach and were able to look and see nothing but blue sky and the big blue ocean.

Once we got back to camp we made dinner, chicken alfredo. Then when we were done with dinner we had a fire on the shells right by the tide line. We were able to look up and see the stars and then look to the right and see Marco Island. Then we went to bed.

The next morning was the day of our departure we were going to go to the Calusa island marina to end out trip. The weather was bad and was supposed to get worse and if we didn't want to spend another night at the cape we would have to move quickly. We woke up packed up, ate breakfast and left. On the water it was not so rough, so we had a window of opportunity until the storm hit. We paddled as fast as we could and when we got to the marina we packed up the van and left. Right then it started to rain. We arrived back to Chokoloskee and spent put last night at the camp ground.