Forever Friday

Departed Smokehouse Bay @ 10:40am December 23. Some good swells out in the Gulf outside Marco Pass. Marco Island beach is beautiful. We ultimately turned West and had a nice following sea. The last hour, our sea was super calm. We pulled into the channel toward Everglades City and went past an island with a ton of white pelicans. This area is part of the Ten Thousand Islands, and is gorgeous. We went to Russell Pass and dropped the anchor….

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Took off Monday morning via rental car to Key Largo to go see our dear friends, Tricia and Tony, who hosted us at the Ocean Reef Club. Super interesting drive through the Everglades with tons of signs for airboat rides. Upon our arrival, went to the pool for their famous Reef Cup (with a floater, of course!). Super yummy rum cocktail. Back to the house where Tricia made us an incredible dinner. Mike and I brought the party power ball…

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I apologize in advance for the length of this blog entry. Departed Aquamarine Harbor on December 10 for the short run south to Pelican Bay which is adjacent to Cayo Costa State Park.   After our anchor watch beer, took the dinghy ashore and took a nice walk.  Beautiful island and park. We walked about a mile to the gulf which was raging.  The winds have been pretty fierce for some days.  Two red flags…no swimming allowed. We stopped at…

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Spent a very windy night at anchor in Clearwater this past Monday.  Tuesday morning, we took off and had a short sail south to Redington Shores.  Was a beautiful, albeit breezy and chilly, sail resplendent with beautiful views. The anchorage at Redington Shores was awesome, a little nook tucked away in between cute houses and condos. The Sea Breeze restaurant and bar had a dinghy dock a short way from the boat.  They give you a free draft beer with…

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Our last day in Apalachicola was awesome!  Mike, Kent, Heather, Ross (Ranger Tug 29) and I all met onshore at the dinghy dock around 3:00 to take our respective walks.  We agreed we’d all meet at the “brew pub” around 4:30.  Mike told me he planned to meet me around 3:40.  I had a beautiful walk around the town and water, and arrived at our favorite pub around 4:10.  I wasn’t surprised Mike wasn’t there yet as his 30 minutes…

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