Our mission today was to leave our anchorage in Russell Pass somewhat early in the morning and head over to Everglades City (located along the Barron River on the boundary of Everglades National Park), about a seven-mile run. We’ve been hearing about the Rod and Gun Club since our first Great Loop boat trip in 2005. We never quite made it there during our other two trips through the Everglades due to an unalterable schedule. One of the nice things about having a trailerable trawler is you can get to places quickly with a lot of flexibility.

The club has ample docking all along the front of the club. We tied up just as the restaurant was opening for lunch. Lots of room for more boaters on this long dock.

Of course, we had to check out the boat ramp while we were there (above-left)

As we were leaving Rich and Cheryll, on another Ranger Tug called Roam (above), passed us on their way to Everglade City. It’s a small world. Although we’ve been in communication with each other we hadn’t seen them since we left Fort Myers Beach last week. We plan to meet up again soon in Marathon. We also passed this tour boat on our way back to Goodland.

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Not many women get an opportunity to enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner with their sweetie in a remote setting like our anchorage tonight in Russell Pass – Everglades National Park. It might not appeal to some but I have to tell you I’m lovin’ it. We’re anchored tonight with two sailboats, one in front of us and one behind us. Showers outside this afternoon and an early dinner on the back deck of Kismet (early because we want to eat outside before the bugs come to eat us).

We didn’t see any alligators or turtles during our stay, it’s been cold recently so we think the alligators are still buried in mud keeping warm, but we did see these white pelicans (below) on our way into the pass. It was too shallow to get closer for a better photo. We don’t often see large groups of white pelicans like this in one spot, so it was a special treat for us today.

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