We are singing the Willie Nelson classic this evening, we
departed Coral Lagoon Resort and Boathouse Marina after a glorious month this morning about 9:00 on our journey north. The first time we have traveled in a
northerly direction for an extended period of time on this trip. We traveled on
the ocean side of the keys for about 20 miles to Caloosa Cove Marina and fueled
the boat. Lowest diesel prices in the keys and maybe on the entire trip. Dennis
was very pleased. About 6 miles of backtracking under the Channel 5 bridge crossing
the keys to the gulf side and the Intracoastal waterway. The trip on the ocean
this morning was quite calm with a 1 foot beam wave on a long period that
rocked and rolled the boat for the entire 20 miles.
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| Puffy cumulus clouds, lots of humidity |
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| Lunch on the fly bridge, yum!! |
The Gulf side was quite calm and we moved through shallow
water all afternoon. Large bays with water depths 3 to 7 feet, very unusual for
those of us that boat on Lake Michigan where the water is 20 feet at the end of
the dock and 50 to 1000 feet on the lake. Some very pretty clouds today a few
that produced some rain but not in our vicinity. We arrived at Tarpon Basin
about 5:30 a very nice days cruise. We are traveling with Field Trip and
anchored tonight with Beach Quest and Priorities. We met Priorities at Joe
Wheeler they shared a dock with us. Tonight docktails were on Beach Quest with
Priorities providing complementary dinghy rides.
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| Atlantic Ocean |
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