Florida!

We've arrived in sunny Florida - lots of people, condos, restaurants,marinas and BIG boats!  And lots of water!  I have a couple of corrections to the last blog - The picture was of Mr. Pelican, not Mr. Seagull and the Hurricane that left so much damage along the Gulf was Katrina!

                                                    Shrimp Boat rigged and ready.

                                                         Constant companions..

                                                      Lunch at Lulu's (Jimmy Buffet's sister)

We got stopped by the Coast Guard right before this lunch - they came aboard and made sure we had all the required safety stuff on our boat.  We passed, thanks to our "attention to details" Captain!

           We saw a group of dolphins swimming in this area one morning - we'll have their picture next time.

We are now running along the Gulf of Mexico, sometimes travelling the Intracoastal Waterway, which is more protected and calmer water.  We still run into LOOPers wherever we go, even saw our solo, sailing friend  from Germany sail by as we were docked in Perdido Key, just inside the Florida State Line.

Temps have been a little cool, but expected to warm up this weekend.  Daytime hi's should be in the 70's.
Until next week...........