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Finally out of Florida
Our nice little island anchorage last Monday took a turn in the middle of the night. We had left the windows open for the breeze and were woken up in the middle of the night by no see ums. So we shut all the windows and vacuumed up as many as we could. But the…
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Airplanes, Lions & Alligators
Tuesday we made our way to Lakeland Florida. We planned to do the Sun N’ Fun Air show on Wednesday to see the night show. So after checking into the hotel we grabbed dinner at Ford’s Garage. They took the car theme to the extreme! Every door handle was a gas pump, the napkins were…
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A little of this, and a little of that
We took our time getting ready to leave last Tuesday morning, and slowly made our way up the ICW. There were a lot of dolphins along this stretch. I was finally able to get some good videos of them swimming by our boat! 🐬 We had an anchor spot in mind for the night but…
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Fort Pierce
When we woke up Tuesday morning there was strong wind and the water was getting choppy. We got underway heading for Fort Pierce. While the ICW is more protected than the ocean side, it did widen a bit as we went along, providing more fetch for the wind to push around. It was a little…
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Day 200!
The marina we were in had fixed docks, and with an almost 2 foot tidal swing, we had to time getting the dog off and back on the boat strategically. So at high tide Sunday morning we took her for a walk. We then took ourselves for a walk to a local farmers market near…
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Some Catching Up
So going back to last Wednesday. We started the morning off meeting Jack and Vickie at The Kolache Kitchen. Having grown up on my Grandmother’s Kolache I was intrigued and excited! It was just a little to go counter service spot and Jack and Vickie were looking for something more sit down. So I got…
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On this week’s episode of: What’s that sound!?
All in the evening we kept hearing this crackling sound. It was like a continuous electrical pop or bacon sizzling, but coming from outside the boat 🤔. It was quite curious. Let me introduce you to the Pistol Shrimp. This shrimp is distinctive for its disproportionately large claw. A joint allows the “hammer” to snap…
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Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕
In the mid morning of Don’s birthday last Tuesday, we took a walk around the island and out to the old homestead ruins from the original settlers of the island. The walk was through very pretty, lush, palm forest. Afterwards we went down to the beach to hang out and relax. There were dolphins swimming…
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Crossing The Gulf
Last Tuesday we made the big jump! We woke up to heavy fog, which was not ideal, but made our way out from behind Dog Island and met up with the other boats doing the crossing, there were at least 20. We fell in line behind Sojourn like a train of ducks. It was so…
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Should there be that much water in there??
No… We arrived back at the boat in Shalimar, FL last Friday and it was waiting in the slip for us. We unloaded everything out of the truck and back onto the boat. Pretty soon the bilge (engine compartment) pump kicked on. Then a few hours later it kicked on again, and continued going on…
Don & Rachel's Great Loop AdventurE 