Awoke to a beautiful sunrise and headed out on the sparkling but glassy waters of the ICW, destination Marco Island.  Traveled through the Miserable Mile (normally very shallow, always meandering waters), at high tide just before reaching Ft. Myers, passed under the Sanibel Causeway to arrive in the Gulf of Mexico around noon.  Winds were light, but strengthen to 7-15 knots to make our first sail in the blue waters a delight. 

But of course when cruising there’s always the unexpected.  Like today when Fritz, our 8-year-old Australian terrier, got a little sickL, but quickly recovered when First Mate Shirla administered some preventative measures.  And when opening the fully-loaded freezer realized things were beginning to thaw, Captain, also Engineer Dennis, came to the rescue, able to find the source of the problem and get it cooling again. 

At the end of the day, even with the unexpected, there’s never a bad day on the water when you're cruising.

56 nautical miles today