Our next 30 mile jump down through the Everglades after Indian Key Pass was to Little Shark River. We left early in the morning and had our best day of sailing on the trip so far. We raised the sails and shut off the diesel just after exiting Indian...
Stuff We Do
Cruising and the like
10,000 Islands
On Thanksgiving day after finally successfully solving our diesel over heating issue (found an exhaust hose that was clogged and changed it out), we set out from Marco Island to head for the 10,000 Islands and some “off the grid” anchoring in and around the Florida Everglades. I’ve planned...
Marco Island’s Smokehouse Bay
After a very short sail from Naples, we arrived at Marco Island through Capri Pass. From reviews we read, we decided to go through canals to the interior of Marco to a place called Smokehouse Bay for anchoring. The charts showed some shallow areas on the way in, but...
Fun Days with Family
After a couple of days of Lindy and I wandering around Naples, my cousin Christopher came by and picked us up for our first night away from Holiday. He lives just a short drive away in town, so we hopped in for our first car ride in 4 weeks....
Fort Myers Bizzeach
After a nice couple of days anchored at St James City and 19 days into our new life aboard Holiday, we pulled up anchor and motored down the ICW toward Fort Myers Beach. We traversed the infamous “Miserable Mile” where currents are supposed to make it difficult to stay...
(mis)Adventures in Fishing
I can’t move on from our time at Pelican Bay without going into my (mis)adventures in fishing. I mean…cruisers are supposed to be able to put dinner on the table night after night with just a few casts of the rod right? Not just cruisers either. As a man...
Cabbage Key
The wind was usually above 10 knots during our stay at Pelican Bay making longer dinghy trips through moderate chop a little long and wettish. So, we tended to hang out in our general vicinity more often. As our trash bags started to pile up and dinghy gas started...
Day Zero!!! We’re finally cruisers!!!
A dream gives you hope and excitement, and a dream also tortures you. After years and years of dreaming, we woke up at around 6 AM on Saturday October 15th, 2016, stowed the fenders and dock lines, and motored away from the condo at Cortez at 7 AM just...