A few days ago we moved down Pine Island Sound from Pelican Bay and anchored off York Island near St. James City (SJC), a small town at the southern end of Pine Island . The day after we arrived we dinghied into SJC with three objectives: eat lunch, pick up a few fresh food items, and hopefully get a part and some hardware supplies.
SJC has an extensive set of canals and is more organized to access by boat than by land. Canals are not, however, as well marked as streets, and we made several 'wrong turns' as we tried to reach our various destinations
The trip started out a little disappointing. We were eagerly looking forward to our first restaurant meal in 2 weeks, but lunch was not that good (but we still ate too much). The grocery store was very sparsely stocked, but we were able to get milk and a few other items.
As we approached the small and very plain Island Hardware & Marine, I (Tom) thought that we were never going to get what we needed. However, when we walked in, the store was just jammed full of stuff. The woman at the counter, helped us find all but one of the items we needed, including the exact model of the macerator pump we were looking for. Island Hardware was great!
Tom
Horseshoe Bay
Sanibel Island, Lee County FL
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