For our Squadron cruise this year we went to the west coast of Florida. We put in at Homosassa Springs and went to Tarpon Springs, Bradenton, Venice, Bahia Beach resort and then to Caladesi Island. We had a great time and I would like to thank Ray and Kathryn on planning this trip.

Loaded up and ready to go
The pre meeting
"It is how shallow?"
mmmm crab.....
Group photo at the monkey bar
Your right, it is soft
Me and Julie
Lets get her in the water!
Wild Annamo II launching
The Early Bird
Ready to go
Splash
Down the river
Take Two hits a oyster bed
So did the Wild Annamo II
Finally, out of the river
Got bait????
The Ensign
Julie at the helm
Is this calm or what? This is 20 miles out!
Julie got a nice Spanish
Don and Ray at Turtle Cove aboard the Adman
Rosemary tells us about the oyster bed
Uhoh, Second Edition needs a tow
hanging and talking about the day
Barney checks out the boats for sale
Dinner at Mamma's in Tarpon Springs
You have to buy a sponge here
2nd Edition turning into the Satin Palace
Now she needs a new impeller
The Wild MoAnna getting ready to troll
Julie took this of some reels. I thought it was pretty cool
The Early Bird "gettin it" out side Clearwater
The wake from Toy Too
We ate lunch at Gators
The Skyway bridge
The worst docking I have ever done was here!
Cocktails
The Manatee Squadron meets us. Great group of guy's!
Kathryn and Julie at the cigar bar
Ray found one he likes
Kathryn can't decide
Stogies.....hmmmm
The guys from Manatee knew all the right spots
Heading out the next morning (This is my new favorite pic of the Toy Too, thanks Mel)
Had to get this swing bridge to open for us
Nautical Wheeler running
"Moochy" This guy just came up by the boat and posed for a picture
The Crow Nest in Venice
In Venice we were docked beside Memory. a very nice Whaler owned by Jim Gibson
The Early Bird with a little engine trouble
Julie and me pose
There is one in every crowd!
Great dinner at the Crow's Nest
This is how we found our Commander after dinner
Julie getting ready to take off
Nautical Wheeler squeaking by the swing bridge
You should always check your bilge pumps
Adman running
2nd Edition (AKA Satin Palace) running
The Early Bird taking it easy
The Rambling Rose running
A shot of Sarasota
Bahia Beach resort
A little get together after a rough run thru Tampa Bay
Ken and Judy
Ray and Kathryn
A Sun set
A Sunset with our burgee
The Toy Too at Bahia Beach resort
We were at fixed docks
A cool pic of the sunset
I need to move down here
SOON
The guys at the Tiki bar
Now this is a tow!
I could live here
There is actually a Mickey D's on the ICW down here
You have to have a boat to get here
Caladesi beach, this place is something else
Nioka found a sponge on the beach
The docks at Caladesi
The sun going down
No restaurants here, we gotta cook
Ken doing shrimp for everyone
Let's eat
Judy tries her first "Tim Tam Slam"
It got a little cool at night
We saw this the next day on our way out
The Adman tooling
The wind was at 21mph, so we decided to pull at a State Park instead of making the 40 mile run in open ocean
The Rambling Rose and Nautical Wheeler on the trailer
Splash and Wild Annamo II
The two Whalers on the trip. Toy Too and Adman
5 of us stopped at a motel at exit #301 to spend the night
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