This evening, I am heading back to Captiva for the weekend. But I’m not taking Freedom.
Instead, I’ll be a passenger on the Key West Express, a 170-foot-long jet-powered catamaran. At 34 feet, her beam is wider than my boat is long!
This boat completes the trip in half the time it would take me on Freedom, and it only costs $75 each way. (Plus $25 for Guinness) My fuel alone would be $100 each way, and the marina cost would add another $200. So it is too easy to “take the bus (and leave the driving to us.)”
The Express will drop me at Ft. Myers, where Connie will pick us up. We leave at 6PM; should be in Ft. Myers by 9:30. I’ve packed three new books for the trip, and I think it will be a fun experience. I hope Guinness thinks so, too; he will be wearing his Service Animal vest, but he still has to be in a crate while we’re underway.
Rod & Guinness' Amazing Adventures 