

The Dry Tortugas National Park
5/13/22 We arrived just in time for lunch after a lovely 5 hour trip down. We saw plenty of loggerhead turtles, some mating, which is always great. in 1513, the Dry Tortugas used to be called La Tortugas (the turtles) but it was later changed to Dry Tortugas indicating that there is no water on the islands This incredible nature park, one of over 400, is the most remote National Park in the Northern hemisphere. It took an immense effort to build here, literally in the midd


Key West and the Marquesas Islands
5/5/22 We arrived in Key West on a perfectly clear blue day and picked up a ball in the city mooring field. We checked in and got our gates keys for the dinghy dock and settled in for the week ahead. Before leaving Tampa, we bought 2 new beach cruises and a bike trailer for the doggies to go in as we knew it was quite a trek to the dog park, town and the beach. We had never used, or tried to even put Cali and Mr Pete in one before but they loved it immediately so our transpor


Marco and The Ten Thousand Islands
It’s been a while since we could run the outside to any destination. It’s been incredibly windy the last month or so and so it was a pleasure to have perfect conditions for our sail down to Marco Island, today being Easter Sunday. We anchored in the basin just outside Rose Marina and settled in for the next two days We had packages to collect at the UPS store and a few errands to run while in Marco. We also refuel, pump out and fill our water tanks at the marina too. We fo