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Originally Posted by Bushwacker
Big thanks to Terry and Marsha for hosting a great gathering at their highly under-rated Cayo Costa "fishing shack" and to Kmoose for getting all the seafood! Great to see some new boats and folks at this one, but we missed seeing Dave's Seavette and Connors 25 Seafari. Hopefully the outdrive gods will smile on you for the next gathering!
Have attached a couple of pictures that may be of interest. I evidently misread the charts because what I thought was only a 35 mile run from the Franklin Lock launch point turned out to be over 50 miles! Because of that little surprise and a 1 hour delay waiting for park ranger to show up so we could legally register truck & trailer to insure it didn't get towed, I wound the motor up to 4500 to run about 30 kts most of the way to get to Terry's before dark! At least that E-TEC is so quiet that Sandy and I could still converse at 30 kts! Burned almost 15 gallons but made up for it by using less than 12 gallons at a more leisurely pace (in the rain!) on the way back! FYI, those campgrounds at all the locks are run by the Corps of Engineers and have numerous on-site volunteers riding around on bicycles who keep an eye on stuff, so they appear to be a very secure place to leave your rig on a trip like this!
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Red And Green Crocs
Well, what fun we had again.
Thanks to daydreamer and 77Sceptre. The windshield looks great and Jim makes pretty teak goodies. Thanks to Mr. Moose for transport.
I think Denny was born to be an explorer. Just naturally in his thought and heart.
We were headed into the bright gulf sun straining for markers. Begging for more taxpayer support. Your markers are far away. Is this something new?
It was a beautiful ride.
We were just about at Ft. Meyers and I got confused. We took a wrong turn. We found our folly quickly and turned right about. We pushed the speed a bit into an orange orb.
The magic hours.
We found our way close to the Marshtackie Hangar. There was low tide and grass 1 foot below. Why don't bugs live there?
A phone call away and off to the channel.
The transport crews deserve special thanks from all of us over the weekend.
Never any substitute for local knowledge.
I didn`t expect the wonderful fresh fish.
Doormat Mangos. Freekin yum.
Big Groupah. Did you guys shoot 50 lbs of fish?
Moose telecom got us hard lined to the Key.
The place is lined with cabbage.
Had a nice night cap with Nicole at the bar.
Pretty cool bar when you are only two.
Lotta history there.
Thanks,
GFS
There are few things better than those you gather from the sea.
Doormat Mangos.