Stuart FL. to St. Petersburg FL.

April 5 to April 11

This section we traveled thru Lake Okeechobee, using a man made canal that cuts right through the state of Florida. Starting from the east is the St. Lucie River and coming out on the west side in the Caloosahatchee River which ends up in Ft. Myers.

Okeechobee Waterway.

 

 Cows & horses in the front yard??

Lake Okeechobee is the 2nd largest fresh water lake (Lake MI is the largest),

but it's average depth is only 6-10 ft.

 

 White pelican.

 

Once we arrived in Ft. Myers we went to a private dock in the canal system. This dock belongs to a lady who also belongs to the AGLCA and offers her dock with free power & water (also a pool) to any Loopers traveling thru.

Kitty, Sherri, Randy

 

From there we traveled north staying one night near Don Pedro State park where we took our dinghy in and walked the beach and found sharks teeth. The next night we moved on to Sarasota and enjoyed a very calm quite night at anchor. Next we stopped in St. Pete. and anchored by an American Legion (Randy is a member). Tomorrow we will move on north of Clearwater and stage ourselves for a Gulf crossing to Panama City. This crossing is over 200 miles and will take us about 30 hours. So yes this will be an overnight event. We will be crossing with 2 buddy boats, Blue Angel and Radiance. If weather permits we will be leaving Clearwater on Tues. morning and arriving in Panama City on Wed. afternoon.

Osprey

 

White Heron 

Sun Shine Bridge, Tampa Bay