Off to Clearwater

In the spirit of moving along, we left Pelican Bay and entered the Gulf of Mexico via the Boca Grande Pass and then spent a quiet overnight trip sailing up to Clearwater.  We arrived at the correct tide state so no dramas mama!  We visited another  favorite spot for lunch and napped, showered and caught up on the blog.  Tomorrow, January 14th we head across the gulf for our longest leg so far, Clearwater to Panama City.  It's been an event filled year with many wonderful new friendships and adventures.  Almost sad to have it end but our alternate life calls.

Sunset on the gulf.  You can see the seas were flat making for a
comfortable sail.

Clearwater Beach at sunrise.

Blue Moon underway.  David got in the dinghy to check water depth
and buzz around.

At the dock at the Clearwater YC.  We are staying such a short time
that we haven't even bothered to plug into electric at any of the stops.

The two Ds.

And here they are with their turtle friend at Frenchy's Cafe.

Can't some to Clearwater and not visit Frenchy's!  Thanks CeCe and Craig
for introducing us to this local legend of an eatery.

The club is on a quiet arm off the ICW.

Our bilge pump quit working during the open water passage.
We really weren't worried about sinking but still needed to get
it going again.  This little bit of a snipped off electrical ziptie
was the culprit.  It made it past the screen on the hose at the bottom
of the bilge and gummed up the works.  Thankfully it's fixed not replaced!