2012 boat trip on W. Coast of FL (Little Loop detour)
After the storm passed to the east of us last night, things calmed down, including me, and it was a restful night. Although, in the middle of the night, Auggie got out of his bed on the sofa and layed on the step up to our bed. Something must have scared him, so I brought …
We did our morning routine and left the dock at 8:45. We motored slowly out of the Anclote River channel to St. Joseph Sound where we picked up speed until we got into the ICW. The sky was blue and cloudless, with a nice breeze out of the NE. We were traveling with the wind …
OMG….Beautiful morning, but thousands of noseeums were hanging out in the cockpit of the boat. Bob and I were eaten alive as they swarmed around us when we went to take Auggie out for his morning walk. The rain must have hatched them all. We tried bug spray and bug wipes on ourselves. That seemed to keep a lot of them …
We woke to sunny, blue skies. Quite a change from yesterday’s weather. Now we would start the drying out process. First, we decided to move to another dock with Denny and Brigid so we could have our boats closer to each other and the docking fees were cheaper. After the move, we put everything out in the …
We woke up to the pitter-patter of rain on the hatch this morning. It was a light rain and when it stopped Auggie got his walk. We got things ready and pulled away from the dock at 9:00. The forecast was for scattered showers, so we were hoping it would rain somewhere else. It continued to …
We had a leisurely morning doing nothing much. About mid-morning, I finally decided I should do something, so after Bob defrosted the refrigerator, I did some vacuuming. We had to stay another day in Gulfport because we had to wait for Bob’s UPS package of generator parts. It finally arrived about 1:00, so that was …
We had two winged visitors this morning who came to perch on our dinghy. The first one was a great blue heron and the second a white egret. Both were hunting for the bait fish that were swimming around our boat. We prepped ourselves to leave and pulled anchor at 9:15. …
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and grandmothers out there! We had a leisurely morning. We made a few phone calls, checked the weather, and took Auggie to shore for his morning walk. My foot was still a little sore and I didn’t want to get the cut wet, so Bob took the “shore …
We woke to breezy conditions, but it was still pretty calm in the anchorage. Bob took Auggie to shore for a nice walk along the waterfront. Once they got back, Auggie had some grooming done–teeth brushed, ears cleaned, and toe nails clipped. After that, he needed a nap. Bob and I checked the weather and …
It was a cooler, less humid morning. We checked the weather forecast and decided to move on while we could. The wind was already up and blowing, so we untied ourselves from the dock at 9:30 and headed north. We motored slowly at 10 mph up the ICW. Our destination today was Sarasota and an …