Tentative Schedule for our Great Loop Adventure

Here's our tentative schedule:
April 2012 Left Slidell, Louisiana!
Spring/ Summer 2012: SW Florida coast based St Pete, Florida through hurricane season!
Fall 2012: Florida Keys
Looks like we extended FLA too much. It might take 10 years at this rate!
uly 2013 Bahamas
Fall 2013: Eastern sea coast Jacksonville, Charleston, Wilmington
Summer 2014: Eastern Sea Coast, Norfolk,
Fall 2014: Eastern Sea Coast, Chesapeake Bay Area
Winter 2014: Haul Out / Heated Storage Chesapeake Bay Area
May 2015: Back in the Water! Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Summer 2015: New England area
Fall 2015: Hudson River area
Winter 2015: Haul Out / Heated Storage Chesapeake Bay Area

May 2016: Back in the Water! Hudson River heading to Montreal
Spring 2016: Montreal, Oh Canada!
Summer 2016: Great Lakes area
Fall 2016: Michigan
Winter 2016: Haul Out / Storage Great Lakes Area (Michigan)

May 2017: Back in the Water! Michigan Great Lakes
Spring 2017: Chicago Area
Summer 2017: "The Huck Finn, Bayou Gypsy Adventure" The mighty Mississippi River ride home
Summer 2017: Gold Looper Burgee flown on Bayou Gypsy
When we make it: Back home in Slidell, Louisiana 6 years, 6,000 miles, and thousands of smiles later!

Egmont Key & Manatee River

June 5, 2012 Laura & I decided to explore around the SW coast of Florida the last couple of days. We asked around the dock for the best anchorages around St Pete. We were given lots of answers, so we checked them out! We really like the SE corner of Egmont Key. The water is clear & clean. It has depths of 10-12 feet just 100 feet from shore. The lighthouse on the NE side also adds ambiance. We traveled up the Manatee River to Regatta Point for lunch the next day. The food & service was good, but the lady on the dock had a real poor attitude. If I had not visited the restaurant the last time I was in with David, I probably would not have stayed! We made it back to our home port du jour of St Pete. We really like the marina and the wonderful people on dock 4! Everybody here has some type of travel dream. Some, I know, will live their dream; others won't. We are anxious for September so we can move down to the keys and on to living our dream of America's Great Loop!