Sarasota 2

Well, good morning everyone. It is Tuesday, January 19, and we are safe and sound in Sarasota Florida. Mel and Bonni Harner have been friends of ours since we lived in Connecticut in the late 1970s, so that’s over 40 years. I find that just amazing.

I also find it amazing that January is more than halfway gone. We’ve been on the road for 2 1/2 months, and I feel as though I am getting cumulatively tired. I am really looking forward to spending several days here with Mel & Bonni and just resting.

Sarasota represents the turnaround point for this entire trip. The path of our route looks like a fish hook, with the barb facing the west. From now on will be on our way back, although not with a great deal of urgency.

We have friends in Venice that I hope to meet with, then back to South Seas resort on Captiva for a couple of days, and then back to Key West for another month. At that point, we will be close to the end of February, and if we take a month going north, it will get us home around April 1. 

As you probably know, Sarasota is a beautiful town with lots of interesting attractions. We will probably get to see some of them, and if we do I will post, but I think I’m going to take a couple days off from the blog and just simply regroup: do some laundry, re-provision the boat, get Guinness groomed, and let him enjoy some grass under his feet. 

So please excuse me if I am not posting every day, but know that I am safe and dry and resting.

Love to you all