The anticipation is killing us! We are so ready to get out of here; the countdown is 3 days.
For those of you that don't know, we broke the "cruising adventure" into two parts. The first part of the trip included getting Threesome to Florida. Last month we drove the boat down to Punta Gorda, Florida, and by "we" I mean Scott, who drove the whole way because he was so excited to get there. We left the boat (on the trailer) and the truck in storage in Punta Gorda, which is where Scott's friends, Jim and Carol Nuzzo, live. Jim was Captain of the Great Lakes freighter, Lee A. Tregurtha, and was Scott's mentor when Scott was a cadet. We stayed in Punta Gorda with Jim and Carol for three nights and had an awesome time. They took us out to Fisherman's Village on Charlotte Harbor for dinner, took us out in their flats boat to cruise the river, and not only did they invite us to enjoy Isles Yacht Club for Valentine's dinner, but introduced us to many of their friends, some of whom live in the Keys! After three days of their hospitality, we headed for Naples. We met up with Sean, Scott's friend from college and hung out on the beach all day in the sun. It was so great we did it again the following day before flying back to Michigan for work and other travel plans.
The second part of our trip will include setting sail. We will fly back down to Florida THIS Monday morning to be reunited with our yacht. We plan on spending the night in Punta Gorda and getting an early start on Tuesday to drive down to Marathon (exact destination to be determined) and set up the boat. Punta Gorda is about 6 hours from Marathon Key, which will be where we launch the boat from and leave the truck. We can't wait to finally begin cruising in paradise!
Anxiously awaiting the adventure,
Lauren & Scott
