Saturday and Sunday: It was a beautiful weekend and a very enjoyable time with Nick and Aline. We left this afternoon and just went back up the Water Way about 10 miles to the City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin Marina. We will …
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January 24 and 25, 2013
A friend from our old marina in Red Wing, MN, sent this picture of the Eagles in Covill Park, beautiful.Thursday, the 24th, we anchored out in San Carlos Bay just off shore from Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Our plan was to stay 2 d…
January 23, 2013, Port Sanibel Marina, Fort Myers, FL
Monday night we tossed and turned in the strong winds. The winds were supposed to pick up even more by Tuesday afternoon so we decided to pull anchor and head for Fort Myers. We got into Port Sanibel Marina with a prayer and …
January 20 and 21, 2013, Anchorage by Cayo Costa Island, Mile 25
Sunday: We left anchorage and got through the Boca Grande Bridge by 10:30. We crossed Charlotte Harbor today and it was a beautiful day with smooth seas, just the way we like it. We dropped anchor at Pelican Bay by Cayo Costa Island, right next to t…
January 19, 2013
Saturday: We waited on the tide and left the marina about 13:45 and just went about 3 miles to our anchorage at Mile 36.0. We no sooner got settled in and this boat comes up beside us. He was an acquaintance from Red Wing, MN.&nb…
January 17 and 18, 2013
Thursday and Friday: Bad weather was predicted so we got an early start and I searched for several marina’s that we could pull into if the weather got really bad. We made it as far a Cape Haze Marina at Mile 39.0 on the GIWW and got tied up…
January 15 and 16, 2013
Tuesday and Wednesday: We left the dock and just went out and anchored just a short ways away. It was such a beautiful day we decided to put the dinghy in the water and do some exploring. This was the first time that we have used…
January 14, 2013; Longboat Key, FL
Monday: We got going about 09:15 after spending 2+ weeks in Gulfport. It was a beautiful, sunny, day so we did the outside instead of the GIWW. We left the GIWW at Mile Marker 115 and went out Pass-A-Grill/North Channel Pass.&nbs…
January 13, 2013, Gulfport, FL
Sunday: It was another beautiful week here in Gulfport with the temperatures in the 80’s. We are loving it.Yesterday was Keith’s birthday so he got to do what he wanted all day. We went for ice cream (again). There is an…
January 10, 2013; still at Gulfport, FL
Thursday: It has been some time since we posted. We haven’t been doing much other than getting a few things done on the boat. After 3 days with Charlie, the electrician, being here we finally have a working inverter system a…
