We have spent a few days anchored in Pelican Bay on Cayo Costa Island, including our 33rd wedding anniversary. Hard to believe we have been married that long - time flies!
On our anniversary we dinghied to Cabbage Key and had a great lunch of fresh gulf shrimp and burgers - yum. Joyce is adamant, however, that this NOT our anniversary dinner, that will be be at the Columbia Restaurant at St. Armand's after our return to Bradenton.
We exchanged cards and my lovely wife gave me the PERFECT card. With copyright credit to Hallmark, this is what it said:
For My Husband,
It has been an amazing journey to this place where we are-
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We started out, like many do,
with nothing but dreams in our pockets
and stars in our eyes.
Along the way, we met our share of obstacles.
But with love as our guide,
we've always enjoyed the adventure.
And now here we are,
so many miles and memories later..
deeper in love and stronger for the journey.
I know that we're right where we've always belonged...
together.
Happy Anniversary
Love Joyce
I could not imagine a better wife, lover, and partner! Love you too!
Although we love this place. we plan to leave early tomorrow to head up to the Bradenton area and we will be back at Twin Dolphin Marina on Tuesday. Tomorrow will complete over 600 miles traveled in about three weeks, including two runs of 24+ hours - a lot of miles in a boat that travels about 6 MPH! This is equivalent to a 6,000-mile car trip.
It is getting hot and not that comfortable at anchor. We have a modest air conditioner, but we can only run it when we are plugged into shore power, so a dock is sounding pretty good right now!
Tom
Anchored Pelican Bay
Cayo Costa, FL
Happy Anniversary, we celebrate 34 this July. That card was beautiful and I thank you for sharing that. It really does ring true in so many ways. Not many people reach these milestones, we are blessed. Congrats on another great year of cruising, your blog is wonderful to follow.
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