Randy and I first attended the Fort Myers Beach Pirate Festival last year. Our friend, Mary Kay hooked us up with pirate costumes and we all went out. It was a blast and we decided then that we wouldn’t miss this event again. This year, we decided to get off the dock and take Blue …
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Finally! We got off the dock after a long, hot month. This Labor Day weekend gave us an extra long weekend to enjoy anchoring out. We left Snook Bight Marina late Friday afternoon and headed to New Pass. This was our first full weekend anchoring at New Pass. We had done an overnight or two …
We arrived at Newfound Harbor on Saturday afternoon and anchored the Blue Turtle. Corey set out for a paddle on his kayak while Randy and I cleaned up the boat and I got dinner ready. When Corey returned, he told us he met a group of folks on Picnic Island who were playing ukelele and …
Randy set an alarm for 2 a.m. Saturday morning and he pulled up anchor and started our journey to the Dry Tortugas while Corey and I slept. We estimated DT was about 18 hours from New Pass and we knew it would be a long day. Randy drove the dark hours at the helm below …
I’m finally getting around to posting about our fantastic Memorial Day weekend (last weekend) on anchor at Captiva and then Cayo Costa. Randy, Corey and I first anchored for a night in our favorite Captiva spot where we dinghied to shore at Jenson’s Marina and hiked over to the beach near The Mucky Duck. After …
Last weekend, Randy and I decided to begin (reluctantly) a boat project. We started off Saturday morning sanding all of the exterior wood on our boat. This is not a complete refinish (we’re not retired!), just a few maintenance coats that we’ll finally be done with tomorrow a.m. (hopefully). More on that later. Saturday evening, I …
This past Easter weekend, Corey had plans to spend it with his mother so Randy and I decided to get off the dock once more. We decided to anchor near Tween Waters on Captiva Island. We’ve stayed at Tween Waters Marina several times but decided to anchor out instead this time, figuring the marina would …
Last weekend, Randy, Corey and I headed to Cayo Costa for the weekend. We were expecting a cold front which makes for great surfable waves on the gulf coast. It did rain a full day with 25-35 mph winds, but the rest of the weekend was absolutely beautiful—low humidity and upper 70’s to lower 80’s …
This past Sunday, we were invited along with others in the marina to participate in a boat christening, also known as an excuse to party. We had our own boat christening 2-1/2 years ago at Cayo Costa and it’s always a fun experience. Ned and Beth actually bought their boat 3 years ago and just …
So, Shrimp Festival on Fort Myers Beach was actually last weekend, but it’s been very busy around here and so I’m finally getting around to updating the blog. Better late than never, right? This time of year is always so crazy for us because it’s peak season and spring break around here. It’s also Corey’s …
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, we had the upcoming wedding of Randy’s father and April. This past week has been one busy, but fun-filled, week spent visiting with Randy’s aunts, uncles and cousins. We had Randy’s sister and brother-in-law stay with us on the Blue Turtle, while the rest of the …
With Uncle Gerry in town for the wedding, we decided to head to Cayo Costa this weekend and meet up with Johnny and April on Sea Crazy. Gerry was with us for the ride there and would leave with his brother and April on Sunday. When we departed the marina, the tide was going out …