December 30, 2010Ft. MyersFt. Myers was a great place to stop to wait for Walter and Geri to meet us for our trip across Florida via the Okeechobee Waterway. It is a busy, clean marina with a pool- too bad we could almost go ice skating on it ins…
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Gulfport to Fort Myers
December 11, 2010We began our morning leaving Gulfport, heading for Sarasota. Florida boast this five and a half mile highway bridge that spans Tampa Bay called The Sunshine Skyway Bridge which is breathtaking to drive on and also to motor under. …
Clearwater, Florida to Gulfport, Florida
December 9, 2010Sunset at Clearwater BeachWe left the quiet solitude of Caledesi State Park and found the hustle and bustle of Clearwater Beach. The day we arrived in Clearwater it was a warm 86 degrees (That’s the last day of warmth we’ve had in…
The Crossing
November 29, 2010After waiting for one week in Apalachicola for that good weather window, we got the sense that it was approaching soon. We decided to move up one town to Carabelle to be in a better position to cross the Gulf of Mexico to Tarpon …
What’s an Apalachicola?
November 19, 2010The Gulf Intercoastal WaterWay (GIWW) is the safest way to travel through the Gulf of Mexico. It is a protected waterway broken by wide sounds and bays (some islands of the Gulf Island National Seashore are between the mainland a…
Hello, Salt Water!
November 11, 2010Dog River MarinaVERY small world story:Here we were in Dog River Marina, not the fanciest but very accommodating marina, and we took Buddy for a long walk through the marina to stretch our legs and check out all the boats. We s…
Good-Bye to the River System
November 4, 2010Demopolis is the last real marina on the last leg of the TennTom so we were a little wary of what lay ahead. We use two books that help us find anchorages and neither author was very generous with his suggestions, probably because…
TennTom , Here We Come!
Tenn-Tom Divide CutOctober 28, 2010The Yellow Creek, off of the Tennessee River begins the TennTom Waterway- a popular shortcut that links the Tennessee River with the Gulf of Mexico. Surprisingly, this waterway was only just completed in 1985 to…
Good-Bye Tennessee River
October 24, 2010After Larry and Donna left us at Goose Pond Marina in Scottsboro (a favorite marina), we traveled on to Ditto Landing Marina in Huntsville, AL. This municipal marina has brand new docks, clean bathrooms and showers, washer and dri…
More Tennessee River
October 4, 2010 to October 12, 2010Local knowledge from Stacey and Paul (SeaSea) brought us to a favorite dockage. Shellmound Recreation Area has a free dock right in front of Nickajack Lock and Dam where we spent a couple of nights. Buddy …
