Tuesday, August 16th – Jacksonville, FL
Exactly 15 weeks ago today, we left home. What an adventure! We had such a great time! Neither one of us wanted it to end. It was really neat knowing there were so many of you out there following our trip. Thank you for your interest. We arrived back in […]
Monday, August 15th – Daytona, FL
The weather on Sunday was great for cruising. Water was smooth and familiar! We pulled out of Ft. Pierce right as the sun was rising and enjoyed a cool ride up the ICW to Merritt Island. Tied up at our friends dock on Merritt Island about 10:00. We were sadden […]
Sunday, August 14th – Ft. Pierce, FL
Pulled out from Jack’s Marine in Ft. Myers early Saturday morning to a wonderful ride across the Okeechobee waterway. The marina wasn’t opened, but we gave a little honk as we left…Sue and Chuck live above the marina office. They were super folks. Sue insisted that we take some […]
Friday, August 12th – Ft. Myers, FL
Rented a car on Thursday from the Lehigh Acres office. Dave couldn’t believe how the area had grown up since he was here in the late 80’s. Took a ride into Labelle…stopped at Flora and Ellas for lunch. That was where we were heading when the boat broke on […]
Wednesday, August 10th – East Ft. Myers, FL
We are at Jack’s Marine South on the Caloosahatchee River about 10-15 miles from Labelle. Tuesday afternoon, after we went through our first lock on the Okeechobee Waterway, the boat started sounding funny. Then all of a sudden, we heard a loud sound and the boat stopped […]
Monday, August 8th – Englewood, FL
Untied from our friends’, Phyllis and Bill, dock on the Manatee River about 10:30. Started the day with a ride on Lucky, their small boat. We cruised around their neighborhood and actually saw a double rainbow while we were out. When we got back, we rode their new boat, Gullwing, […]
Friday, August 5th – Clearwater, FL
We could not have asked for smoother Gulf water than what we were in today. It was almost glassy…seas were probably one foot or less. Like every other day this week, the day started with gray skies, looking like we could get some significant rains. Radar showed thunderstorms off […]
Thursday, August 4th – Crystal River, FL
The Sea Hag Marina in Steinhatchee had a great weather station set up for boaters to check radar…we were in there early looking at their terminal. It showed greens and yellows right off the coast from where we were. So, we did not get in a big hurry. Pedaled […]
Wednesday, July 3rd - Steinhatchee, FL
Completed the first leg…over to Steinhatchee. We waited around Carrabelle watching the radar on TV until about 9:30…no rain, but the sky didn’t look good. Decided to go for it! Great move…we only had a couple of showers when we first started out…then the waters calmed right down to almost […]
Tuesday, August 2nd – Carrabelle, FL
Woke to rain again this morning. Watched the weather channel and kept an eye on the radar on the computer…didn’t look good….green, yellow, red. About 1:00, we made the decision not to try it. Our next leg over to Steinhatchee is 71 miles across the Gulf. Barbara is still a […]