North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Clewiston

he best laid plans always change. We did get in the water on Friday but we stayed at Glades in the well Friday night. I needed a prescription renewed and I happen to call Doctor Bently who is a fellow boater we met at Glades five years ago. He said he could help me but he had to see me. It so happens he was coming to Glades so at 11:00 o'clock at night I had a Doctor's visit at the boat. How is that for service?
We spent Friday going to visit old acquaintances by dinghy. A lot of folks put their boats in the water and just stay around the boat yard at Glades RV Park or Turkey Creek. Our BC friends were not there so we left a calling card. We did connect with our Alaskan friends as well as a couple from Michigan. I had time to walk the Corp of Engineer filed which is next to the boat yard. I usually find shark teeth there. I have at least 50 small ones that I have found over the last 3 years. Friday I found the biggest ever. The folks at the boat yard were duly impressed.
Our Texas friends and Gregg and Dotty brought back some KFC for a farewell dinner at the boat yard. Thanks folks, it was a lot of fun.
We left Saturday and are now docked at a free town dock in Clewiston. We are on the rim route that circles lake Okeechobee. This is where one decides if they are crossing 26 miles across the lake or continuing on the rim route. We have been here before, up to the point where the rim takes you into the lake. We have never crossed the lake. The winds are up and are supposed to stay that way for a couple more days so we are staying put today. We like the rim route because there is a lot of wild life. We saw numerous alligators yesterday and we even have one swimming around in this basin. There are all kinds of Osprey, blue herons, little blue herons and of course Egrets and Anhingas. The scenery is boring to some but I like it. There was a forest fire some years ago so there are a lot of burned out trees which makes for an interesting landscape.
Jerry is painting again on deck while I do the obligatory laundry and household chores. They burn sugar cane around here and near Glades so the ashes get everywhere and can be quite messy. They are not burning today so it is a good time to clean up.
We are close to Roland Martin Tiki Bar so we went there for a cold draft yesterday. They have $1.00 draft at happy hour throughout the week. The fare is the usual deep fried, gator bites, catfish, popcorn shrimp and the like. We may be here until Wednesday depending on the wind. Even if we take the rim route, we are on the lake for 2 hours. Randy had two foot waves on the beam when he crossed and it is just unpleasant so we will wait and see.
Internet connection is not the best here so using skype is a little difficult. It is hit and miss.