Cape Haze to Burnt Store Marina

Kim's Korner:
Our repairs complete, we headed out to meet our friends anchored in Pelican Bay near Cayo Costa State Park. I must say, Palm Harbour Marina in Cape Haze was a very nice place to be stuck. 😊 A large heated pool, hot tub, and lots of nice people! In Pelican Bay, we tied up to Kharma and guess what? Another Kady Krogen Manatee, Lila Blue, was anchored not too far away! Pelican Bay was a beautiful anchorage and we shared the bay with maybe 20-25 other boats. We dinghy-ed over to Cayo Costa and hiked over to the beach. On the way back, we saw a very long Bushwacker snake cross the path in front of us.
As high winds were headed our way, we headed into Burnt Store Marina which is across the Charlotte Harbor. As we approached our slip in the marina, what do we see but a Kady Krogen Manatee named Darwin’s Theory being towed by BoatUS. Evidently, the transmission went out and they were having it towed somewhere for repairs. This was the fourth Manatee we’ve seen in a week – we are amazed!
We saw our first alligator! We learned it was a “she”, about 7 ft long and had 4 babies not long ago. She would carry the babies on her snout. Unfortunately, we never did see any of the babies – supposedly, they were about 1 ½ feet long.
Sunday and Monday, the winds were howling! It was kind of spooky - the noise of the water and trees as well as a high-pitched howl from sailboat cables. We are learning that the wind can do weird things with the tides. While in Tarpon Springs, we experienced a high tide where the water level was lower than any we’d seen at low tide – the day after high winds. Sunday night, the low tide was almost over the docks and the water did eventually raise above the docks during the night. There is a photo but kind of hard to tell as it is dark out.

Pictures  (note: that's not Overtime being towed)