Tomorrow's finally the day!  Setting sail a hundred fifty miles across the Gulf for the Dry Tortugas with 6 other fellow Mariners of Punta Gorda Isles.  When I look out our lanai and see the scene to the right I wonder why we ever want to leave this almost perfect place.  Are we crazy???  I know, I know, you're thinking "yes, maybe" to even want to make this trip.

Closely following the weather forecasts for the next few days the captains have agreed that the trip is a go, although there may be some wet weather late Thursday and Friday our overnight trip on Wednesday should be calm seas and fair winds.  Without much moonlight the stars should brilliantly guide us to our destination. Here's a couple of our weather and sailing sites we've been checking in with to make decisions:

http://www.passageweather.com/

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Dry+Tortugas+Park+FL+3704:19:US

Our departure time is Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. from Ponce Channel in Punta Gorda Isles and our heading is southwest. Winds are predicted to be light and variable changing directions throughout the daytime.  Continuing through the night our arrival time is early on Thursday hopefully around daylight. To give you an idea of what's there here's a website for the Dry Tortugas National Park. 

http://www.nps.gov/drto/planyourvisit/index.htm 

Really don't know for sure when we will have the next opportunity to post because there is no service until we get back to Key West, which will be, weather permitting, on Sunday. 
By then we should have some fun stuff to tell.  Thanks so much for your interest in our adventure!