Day 47 – Too Many BoatsFort Myers Yacht BasinWe left our beautiful anchorage and headed to Ft. Myers this morning. When you turn east on the Caloosahatichee River heading to Fr. Myers you are entering the Okeechobee Waterway and are at the end of the G…
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April 21 – Manasota, FL
Day 46 – Life is WonderfulEnglewood Beach – AnchorageWe cruised through some beautiful areas today…beautiful water and homes, manatees and lots of dolphins. We saw manatees two or three times, but I couldn’t get a good picture. The people who have th…
April 20 – Longboat Key, FL
Day 45 – Gorgeous WaterMoore’s Stone Crab Restaurant (free dock)One of the necessities of cruising is having your holding tanks pumped out…I know, not very glamorous, but it has to be done. Today the pump out came to us…as I said before this is…
April 19 – St. Petersburg, FL
Day 44 – Site Seeing St. Petersburg Municipal MarinaFirst thing this morning we took the St. Petersburg Trolley around the downtown loop to get an idea of where things were. The driver pointed out places of interest, such as the Vinoy Hotel, The Sal…
April 18 – St. Petersburg, FL
Day 43 – New Day New CitySt. Petersburg Municipal MarinaWe left Caladesi Island and headed south to St. Petersburg this morning. It was another beautiful day on the water. This part of the Florida coast is town after town of boats, condos and homes o…
April 17 – Caladesi Island, FL
Day 42 – Beautiful Relaxing DayCaladesi State Park MarinaWe didn’t decide until we got up this morning if we were leaving or staying another day. It is very close quarters in this marina…most of the slips are for smaller boat. The boats across …
April 16 – Caladesi Island, FL
Day 41 – Away from the Crowds Caladesi Island State Park MarinaWe reluctantly left Tarpon Springs this morning. We really enjoyed our time here and made a few new friends, but it was time to move on to somewhere new. We didn’t go far…it was only 16…
April 15 – Tarpon Springs, FL
Day 40 – Time To Move OnThe Landing at Tarpon SpringsThe marina we are officially staying at is across the river from where our boat is. They didn’t have room for us last weekend at the marina…so they put us at a private dock next to the Sp…
April 14 – Tarpon Springs, FL
Day 39 – Work DayThe Landing Tarpon SpringsNothing to report on today…all we did was work! We worked on the brightwork…which is the exterior wood on our boat. I think it must be called that because is it so…BRIGHT when you work in t…
April 13 – Tarpon Springs, FL
Day 38- Exercise and ExploringThe Landing at Tarpon SpringsWe decided today we would get a little exercise and visit a near by town. We took the Pinellas Trail to Dunedin. The Pinellas Trail is a recreation trail that runs from Tarpon Springs to S…
