While it’s unusual for me to spend so much time in one place rather than to keep moving… I was having too much fun to depart to other destinations. My winter was spent in Cape Coral, FL.
Cape Harbour Marina
The marina I chose was Cape Harbour in South West Cape Coral. I had a great location along the boardwalk.
The Boardwalk 
MV Simple Life 
The Boardwalk filled up with boats 
It’s like MV Simple Life is facing the wrong direction 
Marlow Explorer 58 took my slip
Every morning I would make my coffee and walk the boardwalk. The cafe on the boardwalk would often have live music.
Galley Action
Upon returning from my walk, I would often griddle me up something to eat and pack the fridge with leftovers. Cooking is something I enjoy doing but when you are cooking for one I often find myself cooking large quantities. I love leftovers!
Chop Chop Chop 
Prep 
Ready for the oven 
Yum 
Steak & Peppers 
I’m thinking an egg wash might have made the Panko stick better? 
mmmm Donuts! 
I just love pepper & onion 
Perfect hardboiled eggs every time with my Dash egg cooker 
Pork tenderloin a favorite of mine
What is interesting about food provisioning for my boat… I often stick to non-perishables that store without refrigeration and last a long time. Lots of rice, bean, pastas, oats, can goods, etc. Nice to know if I shove off… food is not going to be one of the things that will force me back to a dock. When I’m in port and plugged into shore power I’m usually close to a grocery store. Those are the times I enjoy my steaks, fresh vegetables and of course mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Oreo Cookie Pie crust with MCC ice cream 
I’m trying to leave some for tomorrow 
Too yummy
Tiki Bar
When you run out of ice cream it’s off to the V.O. Tiki Bar around the corner for a beer.
Jay in the background 
Spin just hanging on 
Angela bartending
New Years Eve
It was nearing the end of 2019 and the 2020 New Years decorations were being put into place.
Star Wars – A Space Opera
The last Star Wars movie had recently been released to theaters.
A friend asked me, “Are you a fan of Star Wars?”. “Of course!”, I said. He then asked me… “What is your favorite Star Wars movie?”. His question caught me completely off guard. Hmmmm. I tried to think back of all the different Star Wars movies I have seen in the past and I simply blurted out “Return of the Jedi”. I have to admit in that moment I simply could not recall the details of the individual movies and simply gave him an answer to avoid dead silence or him believing that I was not truly a Star Wars fan. We then made plans to go see Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019) in the local theater. It was in that moment that I realized I needed to re-watch the whole Star Wars series of movies in what I’ll call “story-time order” so that the SciFi space opera makes sense.
This was quite an undertaking but when I got to the last Star Wars movie I realized that the answer I had given earlier was 100% bullshit. Return of the Jedi is the worst of all the the Star Wars movies. Return of the Jedi is like watching The Muppets and it was full of cheesy dialog that just doesn’t fit the drama unfolding.
The best Star Wars movie is a toss up between two of the stand-alone movies, Rogue One & Solo. Note that these two Star wars movies were not part of the original trilogy, prequel trilogy or the sequel trilogy which form the base of the Star Wars story (shown on the bottom of the story-time timeline pictured above).
As I took my seat, I was excited to watch the last in the sequel trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker.
Kylo Ren 
She was not really there 
Rey
While I enjoyed the last episode tremendously… the ending did raise lots of questions for me.
What do Y’All think?
MV Simple Life 
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