The waiting is so hard to do.....

Well it's April 22nd we are waiting......, and waiting....., in anticipation of our trip May 2nd to the Tampa airport, and then on to who know where. Sounds strange, but at this time we dont know where we are going to (or where we will end-up) since the boat is still in Green Cove Springs, and we are in Indiana. We only know that our trusted Boat Broker/Boat Builder Ken Fickett is tired, and is in need of a vacation with his family.

So happens, we have a boat in Green Cove Springs that Ken knows well given his company built the boat and he has overseen all our updates and repairs!

So...why not kill two birds with one cruise. Ken takes his family on a boating adventure on a great boat for some great memories...and we get our great boat moved closer to home by an experienced Captain we trust! Sounds like a win/win! 

The plan is Ken and Crew will leave Green Cove Springs Florida and make their way to Fort Pierce (off shore if the water is smooth) and enter the ICW (Inter-costal waterway). Then continue south to the Okeechobee waterway then west to Florida's Lake Okeechobee and then Fort Myers.

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We then will meet Ken somewhere (depending on how far they make it in the time they have) and continue up the west coast of Florida to Tarpon Springs. Then we will have to decide to either jump across the gulf to Carabelle FL or hang closer to the coast and do the shallow bend route. 

One of the real pluses of a Great Harbour Trawler is the shallow draft of only 3 feet. The shallow draft make more routes available for consideration.

So we wait, with our airplane tickets as we making ready to go! 

We know soon, these days of ancipation and waiting will be over, and the boat will actually be here. And, when it is here, we will be launched from the buying/repair/update/get the boat home chapter, into another chapter of the adventure; actually having Quiet Company here (home) to enjoy!

So we wait!