February 4, 2015
Our
first night anchoring out overnight was in a delightful bay, just up near the
mouth of the Manatee River in a place I named “hulk” harbor for the several
large derelict boats languishing there.
Officially it is named Emerson Point.
Our son Josh was with us and a dingy ride ashore and an exploratory hike
seemed like a great idea. Alas, Jim
could not get the outboard motor started.
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| Josh using foot pump to inflate kayak |
Not to be deterred we inflated our larger kayak, paddled over to our
fellow anchored boat, Livin’ Life, sailed by Janice and Dave to see if they
wanted to join us. They did. Their outboard started and they even offered to
tow us – but we decided to tough it out.
We had a nice hike, saw a variety of birds and a cute bee hotel.
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| Bee Hotel on Emerson Point |
Kayaking back to the boat enabled us to get
the first picture of the boat outside of the slip. Not sure just how we will get one with sails
up…
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| Well, Why Not? at anchor |
Beautiful picture of the boat!
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