January 13, 2010

Bridges Lifting So We Can Continue South
Beautiful Homes
Boat Skelton
Tampa Bay Skyway Causeway
Ringling Bros. Museum (Circus Fame)
Clearwater, Florida to Sarasota, Florida - Sunny, warm with light winds. We had trouble starting one engine in the morning. A fuse was blown. Lots of beautiful condos, houses and beaches. There were quite a number of bridges that had to be opened so we could go through. The Tampa Bay Causeway bridge was very impressive. We were planning on anchoring in the Manatee River but tide was low and we had two soft groundings so we turned around. We also attempted to get into Long Beach off of Long Boat Key and we had three soft groundings and Karen Anne the boat we are travelling with had four soft groundings. Did not find the way in so we gave up. Danny was sick with a bad cold and was not having a good day. Water depths in area were exceptionally low so we forgot about are anchoring plans and headed to Marina Jack's in Sarasota.

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