Saturday, January 23, 2016

Everglades City, Fl

Saturday
Miles Traveled 0
Total Miles Traveled 1996
Days 135,136

We’re glad we stayed at Everglades City, securely tied to the dock.  The storm rolled through yesterday packing a pretty good punch and dumping a lot of rain.  Our good friends Merrill and Janice offered to pick us up and take us on a tour of Naples after the storm, we really enjoyed visiting with them again and had a great time seeing the sites and eating fresh seafood.

Of course we can’t pass up an opportunity to provision our galley, and what a great place we found at Lucky’s Grocery in Naples.  This has to be the best grocery store ever!  This store has the working man (and retiree) in mind.  They serve ice cold beer that you can sip while enjoying your shopping experience. 



My only suggestion would be to have someone offer hot pepper cheese and cracker samples at the end of the isle ways. 

On our way back to Everglades City today, we stopped at Joanie’s Blue Crab Cafe, a unique little restaurant in Ochopee, FL.  After our lunch, we stopped at the smallest Post Office in the United States. It is a tiny shed on U.S. Route 41 near Ochopee, Fl. It is located about 3 miles east of the intersection of US 41 and State Road 29. The building used to be a storage facility for irrigation pipes of an adjacent tomato farm. It was converted into a post office in 1953, after a fire which destroyed Ochopee's previous post office and general store. The post office is currently fully functional, serving the surrounding populations of Miccosukee and Seminole Indians.




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