The Villages off the boat

It was a wonderful break from the boat and we want to thank Lew and Judy for a wonderful time!

The beautiful summer kitchen

View from their lani

Our good friends, Lew and Judy moved to The Villages in August. We enjoyed some time with them and house sat while they were in CT for Christmas! We had a blast--playing golf most days!

Christmas Holiday

Ed and I spent Christmas Eve with my family at my brother Tom's house. Christmas Day we went to Cocoa Beach and spent the early evening with my sisters and Mom and friends. We had an enjoyable day and returned to The Villages to house sit.

Tarpon Springs, FL

A beautiful end to our crossing. Sunset near Anclote Island off of Tarpon Springs.

Happy Holidays!! We are off the boat visiting friends in The Villages for awhile. We will be back soon.

Tarpon Springs, FL

Tarpon Springs is known as the spong capital of the world. They import the wool sponges to Greece!

We took a walk with Jan and Tim through the back roads of the town

The Big Bend Crossing

We decided to cross on a little different schedule. We got up at 2 am and departed the anchorage around 2:30 am to arrive in Tarpon Springs during the day light. The problem going into Tarpon is that it is littered with crab pots which are difficult to see in the dark. We arrived in Tarpon Springs just as the sun was setting. It was a very calm crossing and we were lucky because we arrived in Carrabelle on Tues late morning, fueled up got some miscellaneous things done and were out at the anchorage on Dog Island by late afternoon.

Sunrise

Sunrising on the crossing

Full Circle at dusk

Dog Island Anchorage just out side of Carrabelle, FL

Apalachcola, FL

Leaving Apalachacola at sunrise

Shrimp Boats
7am leaving Apalachcola


Apalachacola River with Morning Star leading the way

Military buzzing our boat

Smack Bayou, Panama City

Three boats spent the night in Smack Bayou. This is Morning Star getting ready to pull anchor