Tarpon Springs

4/15/11 Lovely to wake up late, have a little coffee and just savor the morning.

We docked at Anclote Harbor Marina. Tarpon Springs is located on the Anclote River about 6 miles from the Gulf. We spent the morning doing a few chores then took the dingy to the downtown water front area. That's the waterfront - notice the trawl boats!

Tarpon Springs waterfront behind Roy

We were planning to do a little shopping, pick up some fresh produce and eat Greek food. We were giving the Sponge Museum a miss as we did that in 2009.  Things worked out perfectly - the outboard gave a little trouble which gave Roy something to do while I hit the shops. Then we strolled along and watched a sponge boat finish unloading before heading to a Greek restaurant.

Greek toys!

Greek Restaurant

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  Sponges

Sponge Boat

 

Ended the day with my new purchase in the cockpit in time for sunset.

My new purchase - lighted palm trees - reminds me of Samme's courtyard

4/16/11 Now its really time to head south. We'll follow the GIWW to its end in Sanibel at Mile 0 then head out in the Gulf about 45 nm to Marco Island. Our best weather window has us leaving Marco island around 2am Tuesday and heading 90nm to Key West. I guess we'll visit Sanibel Islands on our return trip.