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On our trip ‘north’ from Ft Myers, we concluded that there are some interesting looking cruising grounds that we need to visit. We also concluded that the inside, protected route has really skinny water in a lot of places. A better plan appears to …

…or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which begins where the Lake Okeechobee Waterway ends. and continues around to Texas. We left our very nice anchorage at Glover’s Bight before sunrise and travelled across San Carlos Bay, Pine Island Sound, Charlo…

Lake water levelWe did promise to talk about this last post, so here goes (we think this is close enough to be right, but you can check for details if you want}. Back in the early days of Florida, the local folks requested the government to build a dam…

Daytona Beach Dining and Day Two in DaytonaWe walked up (down?) Beach Street looking for a place to eat dinner. This shopping and dining area is much more prosperous looking than it was a couple years ago – fewer empty stores and many more people out a…

Fernandina Beach DiningIn most places, nice restaurants are closed on Monday nights – in Fernandina it’s apparently Tuesday nights when the nice places are closed. We went to our favorite Fernandina restaurant – Joe’s 2nd Street Bistro and it was c…

The sun broke through the clouds, the wind died, it was 80 °, and all the girls were wearing bikinis – not really. But we are over half way to our final destination – where ever that is. We need to decide one of these days.We got to see a submarine, a…

We left Charleston with a lousy weather prediction – big storm to the north off North Carolina, which gives strong on-shore winds. Well, this meant we couldn’t go off-shore around the low country of South Carolina and Georgia. Even worse, we decided …

As our cruising friends on Tapestry said recently, “This is what happens (when you live on a boat) – complicated lives”. Anyway, we wanted to attend the Welcome-backer party in our new dirt-house neighborhood in order to meet the neighbors. To do t…

Fog in the Rock PileWe left Lightkeeper’s Marina in Coquina Harbor first thing and entered the famous Rock Pile (Pine Island Cut) when, like the cliché, the fog fell like a blanket. Real fog – we could barely see the sides of the channel and it isn

The Ruddy DuckWhen last we spoke (sort-of), we had just arrived in Morehead City after a slog up the Neuse River. Well. Captain Sherri was in no mood to cook, so we went to dinner at the Ruddy Duck. We had eaten here before and had a favorable memory. …