Floriana

ALLORA….Dove eravamo rimasti? Hello everyone! It’s been a while since we’ve written in our blog, and many things have happened in the meantime. Ciao a tutti! Era da un po’ che non scrivevamo nel nostro blog, e nel frattempo sono successe molte cose. We got a taste of Florida life, with all its pros and…

From Peck Lake, it was only 24 miles to Lake Worth. However, because we had to time six opening bridges, the ride was slow. The bridgeshad different protocols; some would open on demand, some would open every half hour and hour, some opened every 15 minutes and 45 minutes, some wanted to know all your…

Today I’m exceptionally excited…. tomorrow we arrive at Lake Worth after 55 days of travel down the eastern coast of the United States! We navigated through the Fort Pierce area and the St. Lucie inlet. We passed lovely mangroves and lovely homes. We finally anchored at Peck Lake. The lake was a small anchorage area…

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Thanksgiving on the Floriana was a typical holiday as it would be at home on land. Flori cooked and baked pie. while Claudio hung around and waited for the meal to be served (well, actually he steered while waiting!). Felice Giorno del Ringraziamento a tutti. Niente cambia…le tradizioni sono tradizioni. E…

Today’s weather is about the same as yesterday with visibility being poor. However, much to my delight, I FINALLY captured an image of a dolphin….something I’ve been trying to accomplish for the last 800 miles! Sorry for squealing but I was very excited! Il tempo di oggi è più o meno lo stesso di ieri…

Wet, misty, soggy, foggy, muggy…..these are just some of the words that come to mind to describe the kind of day this was. In the morning, visibility was less than a quarter mile, which made seeing bridges ahead a little daunting. Bagnato, nebbioso, afoso ….. Queste sono solo alcune delle parole che mi vengono in…

After a quiet night at anchor at Pine Island, this morning we headed for St. Augustine. The trip was at times very quick and at times very slow depending on which inlet you pass and the strong currents it generates, favorable or not. Dopo una tranquilla notte all’ancora a Pine Island, questa mattina ci siamo…

This morning we woke up and considered the thought that we had made a wrong turn somewhere…we couldn’t be in Florida! During the night, winds howled and rain poured. This morning the temperature was barely 50 degrees, with windchill it felt like 45 degrees! I know that sounds pretty warm to the folks in NY…

Today we traveled through the last parts of Georgia. These birds remind us how shallow this part of the ICW has been! Oggi abbiamo viaggiato attraverso le ultime parti della Georgia. Questi uccelli ci ricordano quanto i fondali siano bassi da questa parte dell’ICW! From the ICW we can see the Kings Bay Naval Submarine…

We left the Wahoo River on an ebb tide, and after a quarter mile or so, we lost sight of any aids to navigation. Even the Aquamap app showed that no buoys would guide us into the ICW tract through the marshes. Abbiamo lasciato il fiume Wahoo con una marea di riflusso, e dopo circa…