In the morning we walked over to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens a very nice place with large grounds. There are lots of tropical plants: trees flowers, fruit trees and even vegerables and herbs.We spent about an hour there came back a…
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Day at Marina Jack
We spent the day at the Marina today, the weater was fine. I rented a car from Enterprise they didn’t have one till 11:00 . After lunch I went to a local hospital to have my Coumadin blood thinner requirement tested I have to do it every month so …
Tierra Verde to Marina Jack in Sarasota
We left Dot and Ed’s dock at 7:45, weather was nice, cool, winds 10 mph, and clear we were headed directly into the sun so the reflection on the water made it hard to identify the Navigation markers, but with the help of the GPS all went…
Tarpon Springs to Tierra Verde
We left Tarpon Springs Marina at 9:10 this morning itwas a short trip Down the Anclote River to meet up with the Intracoastal WaterWay heading South. The weater was beautiful. light winds, clear sky, and temps in the mid 70s. Unfo…
Tarpon Springs
We had a nice day in port today, Got up early and washed the boat and Marsha vacuumed. The river was foggy for a while but the sun soon burned that off and it was a clear warm day. almost 80. I walked to the hardware store and along the way …
Gulf Crossing Apalachicola to Tarpon Springs
We left Apalachicola as planned at 2:30 pm we crossed Apalachicola bay and out to the Gulf through Government Cut just South of Apalachicola. Apalachicola Bay was quite choppy as was the Gulf for the first few hours but around sunset it calmed down a g…
Leaving Apalachicola
Weather and forecast look good for the crossing so we are off at 2:30 should be in Tarpon Springs mid afternoon tomorrow (Thursday)Steve
Pearl Bayou, Panama City – Apalachicola
Everything was peacful on anchorPearl Bayou at last night, this morning winds are calm very overcast and temp 64. We had the anchor up and were underway at 7:30 We cruised across Panama City’s East Bay then along Wetappo Creek. W…
Blue Water Bay to Pearl Bayou
The weather was fine as we left Blue Water Bay marina it is always a nice spot to spend a day or two it is family owned and the people are very accomodating the loaner car is a big plus too.We headed across the Chocktawhatchee Bay for close t…
Bluewater Bay Marina
We had beautiful weather today, we borrowed the marina’s loaner car and took a short drive to Niceville’s brand new Walmart where we bough groceries and a few other things we needed. Back at the boat I changed the main engine’s oil and filter. Mid afte…
