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Well we left Marathon and made it to Ft. Meyers and we are now at the mooring field there. We have been busy getting the boat cleaned and spiffed up for company but mostly to put it in storage next month as we head back home.We did a considerable amoun…

Before we left for Ft. Meyers, we took another trip to Key West.  As you recall, we forgot our camera the last time and we remembered it this time.  We met Frank and Bonnie.  We traveled with Frank on his brothers boat (Woody and Judy) w…

Well we now understand why all of our cruising friends stay here in Marathon for weeks or months at a time.  We have been here since the middle of February and never been so busy.  Every day there is at least one or two or more activities.We …

Here we are in Marathon Florida, among the great keys of Florida.  It has been sunny and warm since we arrived.  It is usually in the 60’s at night and in the mid 70’s during the day, just perfect.  We arrived after a couple of passes on…

Well, sorry that we have not been posting a lot.  Here is a couple of the nature shots.  One of the sky with a light filtering through the clouds, the other is of a beautiful sunset at Pelican Bay in Cayo Costa State Park.We took a week to en…

Well we made it back to the Sunshine State.  We drove our truck down with a load of supplies and new batteries for the boat.  (4 golf cart size).  It was fun catching up with the two treasures we discovered in Florida – our friends Dorot…

Hi to all of our followers.  We have been enjoying all the sites and scenery if Florida.  We both thought that Michigan had a lot of lakes and water, but after you have really traveled in Florida in a boat can you appreciate the many waterway…

Sorry to all of our followers.  We have been enjoying fishing, the sun, and sightseeing in Florida so we have not spent much time at the computer or even sorting our pictures.We had a very successful crossing of the Gulf of Mexico from Carabelle, …

So we are saying goodbye to the river systems and hello to the intercostal waterways.  The next body of water after that will be the area known as the big bend.  That will require some weather windows to cross the Gulf of Mexico.Here is one o…

Well, I have to type in bold print to explain that everything in Mobile Harbor is gigantic.  Our boat seems to have shrunk into a peanut.  There are so many things to see as we cruised down the harbor.  Both of us were taking as many pic…