Naples Pier 33 Years Later

The first time I stepped foot on this pier I was 9 years old.  My parents sent my sister Felicia (age 8 at the time)  and me on the plane to visit our grandfather Captain Joe and grandmother Felicia.  I remember back then my grandfather would get me up at 5AM to walk down to the pier to go fishing.  It was 33 years ago and I can remember the sounds smells and scene just like it was today.  My memory isn’t all that good but I can remember walking down to the pier from my grandparents apartment just like it was yesterday.

My grandmother Felicia would sit and knit under a palm tree at the foot of the pier on the beach with her girlfriends while Captain Joe would fish for snook, jack and spanish mackerel.

Now every time we go to Naples we walk the pier with my little girls-  Captain Joe and Felicia’s great grandchildren and I remember all over again and we always take that walk right down to the end.

Naples Pier 33 Years Later, originally uploaded by captjoe06.