I'm lying in bed now finishing this last post. Unfortunately I mean my the real bed at home, not the boat. This is a very comfortable bed but it's bitter sweet being back home. Neither Amber or myself were looking forward to getting off the boat. Matter of fact we spent an entire extra day, after docking at Skeleton Key marina, just hanging out at the boat and the nearby bar. Who would have thought 29 days on our 26ft boat still would not be enough.
We really enjoyed the 150 miles of the gulf intracoastal waterway even though it was completely by motor and handsteering. I love being offshore and having sails up but you can't do that in the channels. we got to see a part of Florida that we usually never see.
It wasn't all perfect. We hit some terrible weather attempting to go to Egmont Key when crossing the mouth of Tampa Bay. Waves beat us at anchor to the point that we had ditch bags out and ready even though we were 200ft from shore.
This has definitely been an experience that none of us will ever forget. And the best part is Amber and I survived 29 days on a small trailerable sailboat, didn't kill each other, and she still wants to marry me. It's gotta be meant to be!
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