Picking oranges on the refugeHanging sponges to dryThe southern most in theContintinental US Gator eyes Lots of alligators Manatee Karen at the refugeTarpon Springs Sponge FactoryFlorida Panther Wildlife…
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Saturday and Sunday, February 19 and 20, 2011
Fort Myers was a very busy city this weekend. They were celebrating the “Edison Festival of Light”. It was a beautiful weekend in the mid 80’s. They really celebrate big; a small parade last Sunday afternoon as sta…
Thursday evening, February 17, 2011
We got together with “Grace Full”; Flint and Leslie, who we hadn’t seen since Bay Point in Panama City. It was good to see them again. We drove over to Punta Gorda for a Cruisers’ Net party. Flint and Leslie knew a few people but we o…
Thursday, February 17, 2011
It is good to be in Fort Myers. Last night we had drinks and a wonderful dinner at Dave and Pat’s condo along with some friends of theirs and ours from Red Wing, MN; Linnea and Jim of “Otherwise”. Dave and Pat are the previous owners of Kim…
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sarasota BayMarina Jack’s in SarasotaAfter a peaceful night we got an early start this morning. It was another beautiful sunny day about 78 degrees. We went about 9 miles in Gasparilla Sound which had a mild chop but manageable. It wa…
Sunday, February 12, 2011
It was a warm, sunny, day and we went for a nice, brisk walk and studied the charts before leaving Marina Jack’s. We had 9 bridges today and 2 of them only had a 9′ clearance. We also had 5 miles of a narrow an…
Friday, February 11, 2011
Sunshine Skyway Bridgein Tampa BayThis houseboat had a bad day!Fountain in front of Marina Jack’sView from Marina Jack’sAll the time we were in the St. Petersburg area we were next to a General Aviation Airport. The CO watched aircraft taking off…
Monday, February 7, 2011
GREEN BAY PACKERS SUPERBOWL 45 CHAMPIONS!We are now back at the Hilton waiting for the final boat repairs to get done. Not much to report. Just getting our charts ready for the next leg of our journey. Up until today, it has been…
Thursday, February 3, 2011
We found more damage to the boat since we have been in St. Petersburg (pictured). We are bringing the boat back to Embree Boat Yard on Monday to start finalizing the repairs. He said to plan on about 3 days. It will be good to have al…
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Kim Jo III at Harborage Marina inSt. Petersburg, Florida- 1st floating dock since the Tenn-TomA gaggle of sailboats at the marina-good thing we bought a “Grouper zinc saver” Another beautiful Florida sunsetWe are finally getting the boat w…
