Right now Key West is home while we wait for weather to get to Mexico. This is a pretty crucial weather window that we need to get right, since in addition to the normal weather to deal with, we’ve got the Gulf Stream ripping right up in our face. If … Read More
Thanksgiving Cruising
We’ve seen so many dolphins through the years, but I don’t think they’ve ever been so plentiful as they are on the west coast of Florida. We see them every time we move the boat, in every anchorage, and even in the marinas. They never fail to come and join … Read More
Fort Myers Beach
It was only about 20 miles or so down to Fort Myers Beach. There is a mooring field there just on the inside of the island, and only a couple blocks walk across to the beach. Kind of a weird group that hangs out on those moorings, but it wasn’t … Read More
A Season of Prep
The final two weeks before shoving off is always crazy. The marina here was likely getting very tired of the Amazon delivery person, otherwise known as UPS. The boat is feeling better than ever. If we’d just kept right on cruising last year, we would have been just fine, but … Read More
Life Around Fort Myers
The morning after Halloween looks exactly the same now as it did forty years ago. Even the candy is largely the same. I mean, plain Hershey bars? Do they even make those things the rest of the year. Who buys those? Our kids crack us up, too. These buckets of … Read More