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Looking toward the ocean from our Pensacola anchorage. |
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Ruth and Orell |
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A hig point of our Tampa Stop, a night at Orell's loft. |
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Thar be dragons here! |
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The loft is in an area of artists. The dragon - old computer parts. |
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St Petes |
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Traveling a couple miles offshore we traced a coast of condos. |
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Quaint name |
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But the area homes were nothing to sneeze at. |
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Passagrille home |
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We ducked into Passagrille surrounded by million dollar properties. |
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Sight seeing |
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Novel idea, rent a ride and see the homes. |
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Venice approach |
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A small fleet of sailboats flutter around the Venice pass. |
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Englewood Anchorage |
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Englewood, south of Venice on the ICW, where we anchored for a couple of days. |
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Hawks? |
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The island behind our Englewood ICW anchorage was a nesting area for?? |
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The unknown bridge |
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An abandoned RR bridge caused concerns as the charts had no info on height. |
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Ft Myers Beach CG |
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The cutter stands by with turbines running. |
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The black things? |
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Machine guns under covers. |
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AA at Moss Marine |
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A nice marina just before the bridge. |
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Mast abeam |
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Don't know the story - but the boat was just before the bridge. |
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Tight quarters |
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Hurricane Charlie damage. |
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Bridge mooring |
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Charlie left a wreck at the base of the Beach Bridge. |
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Lying ahull |
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Another Charlie victim. |
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Goin' fishin' |
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There is quite a trawler fleet at the beach. |
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Our friends |
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Dolphin escorts were common in this area. |
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