We brought the cruising boat (Legacy 32) to FL on the ICW in November. We sold the larger trawler and have a condo in Jupiter FL. Bringing the cruising boar back down was not initially in the plans. It was COVID-19 addition to the plans.
After the easy going trip down the ICW (we took 27 days), the boat sat a while as we got the condo opened up for the season and got our little runabout ready as well. Friends talking about a FL west coast trip got us thinking.
On February 12th, armed with our now completed second vaccination, we made our way from Jupiter to Stuart, FL. Stops followed in Cleweston (on lake Okeechobee), Ft. Meyers, Punta Gorda and Sarasota before we reversed course and stopped on the return in some of the same places. Along the way we met up with five sets of friends now either part time of full time FL residents. Things were beginning to feel almost normal.