Stuart

We have spent the last few days motoring up the east coast. We went through 40 some-odd bridges and miles of very choppy canal. Each of the bridges has it's own opening schedule. Sometimes we made it and sometimes we didn't - making for a slow passage. We looked at thousands of million dollar homes and boats. Many of the home still have the fashionable blue traps. Well we have retraced our steps for the first time in about 2000 miles. After circumnavigate southern Florida we are currently docked at Mariner's Cay in Manatee Pocket. My father and Lorraine are visiting. We are getting ready to head back to intending to have the boat hauled out on Wednesday. We are trying to arrange for insurance and surveys over the next few days. This is in addition to cleaning and sorting and packing all of the boat and getting her ready to be left in the hot sun.