Last night should have been good sleeping conditions- comfortably cool and calm weather, with a fine full moon. But fishermen were coming in and out periodically all night, using their "ouside voices". But we survived.
We waited for a reasonably high tide to leave on so we had the morning to kill. We took a long walk around Pineland, a sleepy old settlement with traces of old farms and mango groves. Then we visited an archaeology research center. Turns out Pineland was the site of one of 60 Calusa Indian towns, with a complex of ceremonial mounds, some of which still stand (others have local houses built on them). We plan on visiting another Calusa site in a few days so more about them later. The Pineland site was called Tampa. An 18th century cartographer mistakenly applied the name farther north.
We made our way out the long, shallow channel without incident, except the phone's GPS function went on the blink for a few critical piloting minutes. We made our way into Pine Island Sound and down to Captiva Island and a marina we have visited twice before. Top notch place with welcome amenities including laundry, showers, and a pool.
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