Saturday October 14th 2023

After three or four days of mostly cloudy weather, today was a sunny day. Only a few fluffy clouds dotted the horizon. The humidity was a little lower, but the temperature climbed just short of ninety with a resulting feels like temperature near 100 degrees.

The campground got a little more active today. New campers arrived including several tent campers. The sites aren’t ideal for tents, but it is possible to find some grass behind the cement pads to setup a tent. Rain isn’t in the current forecast so the tent campers should be able to enjoy a fine weekend.

The boaters were also busy on the Caloosahatchee canal. The Ortona lock had to operate several times today. It even had a commercial tugboat along with a pleasure craft in the lock at the same time this morning. Granted during the winter the lock gets more action with all the boaters crossing the Florida peninsular from Fort Myers on the Gulf to Stuart on the Atlantic or vice versa. I suspect most of the traffic this time of year is local or people going from Fort Meyers to Lake Okeechobee for a few day get away.