posted 01-21-2013 04:46 PM                  

Thursday in Ft Myers included a visit to the Edison/Ford winter estates. Highly recommended! Lunch on Ft Myers beach then a cruise to Homestead for the night. Friday we headed south to Marathon, in the Keys, and a couple of cool stops. We really enjoyed the Dolphin resource center. The staff and dolphins put on a great show. We also visited the turtle hospital. They save and rehab sick or injured sea turtles and release the healthy ones and house for life turtles that wouldn't survive. Quite a place. Dinner was at a beautiful restaurant on Colony Key. Saturday was a great day for a cruise to Key West. A bunch of Prowlers on the run around the island strikes a mighty fine pose....and the crowd went wild. Key West was a blast especially with Greg organizing a private trolley tour for us. The perfect way to see and learn about Key West. Lunch, shopping, snooping and sippin took the afternoon and everyone gathered in Mallory Square for the street entertainment and sunset from the southern most scrap of sand in the country.

I am sure others will add comments. Here are some pics from the Run to Key West.

Carole and Bruce Simon and Ray and Ann Rogener L-R On Charlotte Harbor.

Captain Commander Norm at the helm.

Sunset dinner on the harbor.
Susie and Tom Mills and Norm and Sue Udell l-r

Ray, Dominick, Rose and Ann L-R

Carole and Bruce Simon

Mike and Karen Gatlin

posted 01-21-2013 05:14 PM                  

Sunset from the restaurant on Charlotte Harbor

Pics from Edison/Ford winter estate
Rose, Carole, Ann, Sue and Karen

Dominick, Norm, Ray, Bruce, Mike

Mike, Thomas Edison and Karen

Ed and Laura

Staged to head for Marathon and Key West

posted 01-21-2013 05:17 PM                  

Stop at Turtle Hospital

One of way too many lunch stops...Prowler events never miss a meal.

L-R Bill and Diane, Kristen and Mark Schmitt from Madison, WI, Laura and Ed, Greg, Norm and Sue, Thoss Spitnale

Graham and Wanda Frost, Jim and Jean Sutton, Tom and Jackie

Tom and Jackie on the road to Key West

Southernmost point in continental US

posted 01-21-2013 06:20 PM                  

Sunset at Mallory Square

posted 01-21-2013 10:04 PM                  

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Originally posted by mrstigger:
It was great meeting you and Karen, Mike as well as the rest of the Florida gang and everyone else. Great pictures! I wish we were all still down there!! 1 degree up here in Wisconsin today!

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Great to meet you guys too. We saw the deep freeze in Madison and were thinking of you.

posted 01-25-2013 09:56 PM                  

Thanks to Ed Hall for suggesting we do this trip again.

Thanks to Norm and Sue for putting together activities in SW Florida prior to our meeting in Homestead. Wish I had not been working so I could have joined in.

Thank you to Bill Gill that got us special access into the Turtle Hospital and put together the fine dinner at the Key Colony Inn.

Sorry about the weather on Friday. We will be sure to do better next trip! There has already been a discussion about our next Florida outing.

And thanks so much for all the folks that came from out of state. Glad to see you and we hope you enjoyed yourself.

posted 01-27-2013 03:10 PM                  

Ww are planning at least 2 more long weekend outings this year for FL Kat Packers and anyone that would like to join in.

The first may be the first week of May or the last week of April (not sure as to the timing) and a West FL cruise starting somewhere in Central FL and ending in Naples or there about. That one is being planned for the first or second week in Nov. I have another ides that I will bring forth at the next cruise.

Thanks to our resident photographer Karen, great Photos! We're waiting on Wanda with hopefully some video to go along with the photos. Thanks Wanda.

Enjoyed meeting those I haven't had the opportunity to meet before. Fantastic group of Kat people. Stay well and stay tuned for more!!!

Wally

posted 01-31-2013 01:37 PM                  

To all you newbees out there who are afraid to drive your "old Prowler" let me explain something. I drove 3,547 miles through some ice, heavy rains, sunshine, over a 7 mile bridge, through the Everglades "ally" and the car performed flawlessly.

We did not take the trailer on this event but rather packed the car very carefully. My wife (Carole) used a "d" ring on the back of the headrest and we hung our clothes behind the seats.

There is no excuse not to enjoy the car the way it was made. Not only were we happy to drive it...we made a lot of other people happy by seeing it.

Can't wait for the next Prowler event and meeting and seeing new and old Prowler friends. Thanks to all!

posted 02-01-2013 10:49 PM                  

It was fun cruising with you guys, even if we did not have our Prowler.

posted 02-02-2013 07:18 AM                  

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Originally posted by mrstigger:
Well said Bruce and well done! I could not agree more.

It was fun cruising with you guys, even if we did not have our Prowler.

signed, the reluctantly prowlerless in the keys, mrstigger!

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Dear Reluctantly Prowlerless,

There is only one reason you did not have your Prowler in the Keys. Maybe next time you can leave him home? LOL

Signed, Keys Cruiser