Cocktails on the Poop Deck* with the Admiral of the Ocean Seas

(Nina on the left, Pinta on the right)

Two of Columbus' ships, the Nina and the Pinta, are on their way here. Actually, they're already up north in the panhandle and will be coming south, first to Naples, which is south of us, and then slowly working their way back up the coast to Fort Myers across the river, and then around the peninsula to Punta Gorda and Palmetto to the north before heading off to Mississippi. This is not their first visit.

Our local public radio station, WGCU, is offering a special meet-and-greet the captain and crew drinks-and-dinner fundraising program aboard next week. Sure beats their recent one day/one hundred thousand dollar not quite successful "let-us-fundraise-today-so-we-can-shorten-the-fundraiser-week-later" event.

Nina was built using traditional methods and claims to be the most authentic Columbian ship replica ever. Not sure if Columbus ever enjoyed Texas barbecue, though.

*(I don't know where the cocktails will be served. I just like saying "poop deck.")