GL: Distance fr. Mobile-Key Largo

[StWillett at aol.com]

This spring my wife and I cruised from New Orleans to Ft. Myers /  Sanibel 
and back in our Camano. We followed the coast line and found many  interesting 
stops and anchorages along the way. There are beautiful bayous and  white sand 
barrier islands with places to anchor or nice marinas to stay at  along the 
Northern Gulf Coast. Along the "Rim Route"  we enjoyed  stopping at 
Apalachicloa, Cedar Key, Crystal River, and Tarpon  Springs. They are laid back small 
towns, as they say part of the "old  Florida". Going into these places requires 
quite a long trip through  shallow water, especially in low winter tides, and 
crab trap  bouys but the channels are well charted and marked. 
If you think you would like to see it don't wait, it is changing  fast! 
Steve Willett
Camano 31
Thibodaux, Louisiana 



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