On the move again!

It was a wonderful winter in Marathon, but alas it is time to move north again, although we do not plan on moving any farther than the warm weather dictates as we travel.  Most of our friends are going to be disappointed though to hear that once again this year, we plan on going up the east coast of this lovely country of ours.  We will miss all of you, but will try to visit those we can via travels "home" to Murphy and Chattanooga.  Maybe there will be others as we try to get a vehicle to Marathon for next winter.
The good news is though that we will get to visit lots of east coast friends and family.  Of course you are all welcome to come visit us anywhere in our travels, although our destination is not set in stone.  We were originally going to stay in Oriental, North Carolina where we own a boat slip and could live virtually at no extra cost.  That was the plan before we got contracts on both of the houses Ray built last summer.  For now we will keep our fingers crossed and hope all goes through with those.  If it does, that will give us more comfort in traveling possibly as far as Chesepeake Bay and Washington D.C.  Keep checking in on the blog to find out.  We hope to get to travel with other friends along the way too.
This morning we pulled out of Boot Key harbor waving to a few of the friends still there, anticipating our reunion of great times once again for the winter months.  There were dolphins in the harbor and the Atlantic to wish us safe travels also.  Going around Marathon, we traveled the Gulf side for the first time for us.  We were glad that was our plan, as the little bit of the Atlantic we did have to travel was kind of sloppy on the beam with the south winds.
Taking turns we spotted three sea turtles today despite the light to moderate chop.  A little more than seven hours of travel and Ray grabbed a mooring ball at Lignumvitae Key.  Of course the park is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, because that is our typical luck.  That's okay though because we plan on really taking our time to make our way up the keys.  One, to do all those things we have never done that we always say we are going to do, and two, because Biscayne Bay will most likely be a mad house on this up coming Easter weekend holiday.