Heading East across the Caloosahatchie River. Next stop Palm City on the East Coast. Nice Day....
The Admiral giving me a break on the long trip across Florida..John and Kathy soaking sunshine...
Kathy helping with the Lock-thru at one of the locks.....
Christine holding on at a lock thru at Lake Okeechobee.....
Arrived at Joe and Mirka's Wednesday afternoon and decided to stay an extra day...great place, great friends, heading south tomorrow......
Heading south on the ICW after leaving the fuel docks in Stuart, Fl......John and Kathy checking out the beautiful homes along the way. storms moving in, got into some showers later....no problem...
The lighthouse at Jupiter Inlet as seen from the water. Beautiful point of interest right on the ICW.
Water here is crystal clear and boats a plenty...Smooth trip so far.
Kathy taking in the sights as we pass through Boca Raton...
Did a little sight seeing from the bow as we pass through West Palm Beach...Lots of huge boats......
Made it to Pompano Beach on day three, stayed at Lighthouse Point Marina....Don't know what these
two girls are discussing on the docks....must have been the days journey.....nice place to spend the
night. Live music, bar, and food but Kathy whipped us some delicious stir fry for our group......
Kathy taking pictures of Paula and Connie's "Just Right" while we wait for a bridge opening
somewhere near Ft.. Lauderdale.
Just one of many beautiful homes and mega yachts we seen along the way in the Ft. Lauderdale
area. The money is so plentiful on the East Coast you expect to see it floating down the waterway..
Passing by the Bahia Mar Marina in Ft. Lauderdale......Yachting capitol of the world..
One of the cruise ships docked at Port Everglades...
. Approaching Miami, probably in the Hollywood Beach area.
Five Cruise Ships lined up along Government Cut in Miami..
Sitting at our slip at Bayfront Marina looking at the Miami skyline....awesome sight.......
Me and the Admiral ended the Fourth Day with a walk into downtown, a ride through the city on
the Metro Mover, and a stroll thru Bayfront Park....Interesting to say the least....Came back to
"Happy Ours" for a drink with Kathy, John, and the crew from "Just Right" parked alongside......
Day Five...we take a water taxi from Bayfront Marina in downtown Miami to Miami Beach
Passing by a few of the homes on the way to Miami Beach
Arriving back at Bayfront Marina after a day of walking through South Beach, along Ocean Blvd,
and all around the Lincoln Drive area. It did us all some good to get off the boat and stretch our
legs. We probably walked 4-5 miles. Pulling out tomorrow for Key Largo.
Departing Miami.....leaving Bayfront Marina headed to Biscayne Bay.....weather is perfect..
Passed a couple nice condos on the way out of Miami
Lot's of walking in Miami Beach must have worn the Admiral down ..she napped when we got to the
marina in Key Largo....grilled some steaks and had dinner on "Just Right" and went to the
hot tub and pool after dinner....great day.
View of the anchorage from our slip at the marina at Key Largo
View of the Tiki Bar across the channel from the marina at Key Largo...on to Marathon tomorrow..
weather is forecast to be even better tomorrow so we will go outside and run Hawks Channel.
Leaving the marina at Key Largo...heading toward Marathon.....nice water
Some parts of cruising the Keys looks more like the Everglades
Went to the outside (Hawks Channel) for the rest of the cruise down to Marathon.....The
water is beautiful and the weather was perfect (almost) ....the winds picked up
and we were unable to stop off at Sombrero Key for snorkeling...
Docked at Marathon Marina...place was packed with boats..new owners had done several
upgrades since we were last here...They added a small RV Park....added a beautiful pool
and spruced up the entire marina. Best fuel prices of the trip...only $4.34 per gallon..get
that...ONLY $4.34...
We unloaded the dingy and went for an early morning "little boat" cruise around the area....
Found some Iguana's playing in the mangroves and running around on peoples docks...
Checked out the City Marina and Mooring Field...The largest Mooring in the country...Nice
facilities, we will stay here next time we come down...
Another sunset in the Keys....pulling out tomorrow for Naples...long day on the water...
We're up and out early, leaving Marathon at sunrise for the long open water trip to Naples....
Early morning shot of Connie and Paula as we leave the marina
"Just Right" following close behind as we make our way across the Gulf
At this point we are about 20 miles offshore....nothing out here but water, water, and more water..
Hanging out at the Naples Marina, girls getting ready to make dinner
The girls are solving the world's problems...Kathy (center) came down from Cape Coral to stay the
night with us on the boat....
Christine doing some heavy duty shopping on 5th Avenue in Naples...spent the day in Naples just
hanging out and taking in the downtown sights....Dinner at the Dock...
Should have went fishing.....watched a charter boat come in with a good catch of grouper..this
one weighed in at 15 pounds...
Cleaning the days catch on the docks at Naples Marina
Boating sure has changed, all three crew and our guest Kathy all on I-Stuff..I-Pads and I-Phones...I remember when boating was about viewing your surroundings.....
Crew of "Happy Ours"...top to bottom, Christine, Jerry, Kathy, and John..ending a great day in Naples
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