We departed from Dunedin's Marker One Marina on February 16th, heading to Longboat Key, approximately 50 miles. Our journey took us through the ICW past Clearwater and out into the Gulf of Mexico at Clearwater Beach.
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| The view from the boat of our condo visit with friends Maura and Richard. |
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| The view of the inlet at Clearwater Beach from the above condo. |
The water is great and all runs well!
We arrive to Longboat Pass, off of Anna Maria Island. Another perk for our tiny boat...we fit under the bridge which should make all those snowbirds on the bridge quite happy. Longboat Key has about 8,000 full time residents and peaks to approximately 22,000 in season. On an island that is 10.8 miles long but only .5 to 1 mile wide, the line of traffic can get impressive.
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Bridge can stay down!
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We arrive to one of our favorite places, Longboat Key, with no equipment failures... at least while running the boat.😜
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Stick with that water diet!🤣
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We enjoyed our time at Longboat. Thankful for all our pickleball peeps, dock mates, and our snowbird friends from home that visited. A big thank you to our friends Ray and Gordon who happily made Ace hardware runs and to Stephanie & David for being our dinner drivers. Not having a car can be a real challenge!
We are very blessed by not only the beautiful scenery, but by the beautiful people who call Longboat Key home (at least in February and March 😉).
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| Manatees were plentiful at the marina this season |
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| Longboat Beach |
After almost two months at Longboat, in which we tweaked everything on the boat, at least twice (the reason for the Ace Hardware trips) and a two week hiatus back home in Cincinnati, we are ready to head further south into the Keys. Let's go!
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Ok all caught up with blog and ready to read more!!!
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