Wednesday, 3/20/19, Boca Grande Marina, Boca Grande, Florida Took a short walk-about through the lovely Boca neighborhood where the main mode of transportation is bikes and golf carts. Saw lots of beautiful large homes and darling small cottages. We stopped by “the” bakery but the line was way to long to wait (must be a great place). As we were walking back to the boat one of the neighbors we met on the dock yesterday came out of his home…
Sunday, 3/17/19, Crow’s Nest Marina, Venice, Florida Happy St. Patti’s Day on this chilly and overcast day. Our fellow Looper boat Sea Change left this morning along with everyone else – then there was one – Scout was lonely for a little while then our dock filled up again. A big non-Looper boat from Colorado, a small boat from somewhere local and another Looper. Jim and Justine from Florida aboard Knights’ Kingdom just re-started Looping three days ago. We had…
Friday 3/15/19, Crow’s Nest Marina, Venice, Florida Ok folks….. I said this might get a little boring – well guess what? We had no agenda today……nothing to do. Just watched all the activity on the water and in the marina, which happened to be busy today. Another Looper boat came into the marina today. Actually, they are not currently looping but have looped in the past and plan to again soon. They are Betsy and Dave from Maryland aboard Fryedaze….
Monday, 3/11/19, Clearwater Yacht Club, Clearwater, Florida Woke up to a really foggy morning. The Club was closed today so it was pretty quiet and we spent most of the day on the boat cleaning and doing lots of chores. Then we went for a walk-about with the doggies. Our terrier, Snooki, loves finding chicken bones and more times than we can remember has found them on our walks but she is finding them everywhere here. We’re beginning to wonder…
Wednesday, 3/6/19 – Tarpon Springs Yacht Club, Tarpon Springs, Florida Woke up to a beautiful sunny day but frrrreeezing – the “feel-like” temperature in the 30’s (so much for sunny/warm Florida) and AGAIN Scout was on the bottom. Scout has been becoming more intimate with the bottom more times than we’d like to remember. We are not used to moorings that have “skinny” water that occasionally put Scout high and dry. In the words of Jimmy Buffet – Michael didn’t…
Saturday 3/2/19 – Crystal River, Florida Had a wonderful night at anchor last night. Up this morning at about 5:30 to see lots of shrimp boats going out and a beautiful sunrise. Pulled anchor about 7:30 and headed for Tarpon Springs. On the way out the river channel we had lots, probably 20 or more, of small fishing boats whizzing by us on both sides. It felt a little like the Daytona 500 racetrack. Again, we had very skinny water…
Wednesday, 2/27/19 – Sea Hag Marina, Steinhatchee to Cedar Key….. Woke up early to a beautiful morning. Topped off with fuel and headed out to Cedar Key. We left the fuel dock about 7:30 with Miss Adventure and MoWhisky following. Sea Loons left later in the morning and passed us heading straight to Crystal River. That’s what a smaller go-fast boat allows you to do. Apparently most Loopers don’t stop at Cedar Key as the guide books say there are…
