The Christensen's Lucky Star

Welcome to the travels of the Lucky Star. We hope you enjoy. You will see that the most recent posting will be first. At the very bottom of the blog is an explanation of our trip aboard the Lucky Star.(you will need to click on older posts). This blog is how we will keep a picture log of our trip (double click on any picture to enlarge), and stay in contact family and friends while we are on the Lucky Star. The nice thing about a blog, is that you can stay tuned as we update and travel along. We will also email you periodically to remind you that we have posted something new. This blog address can be put in your bookmarks or favorites for easier access. You can still email us at our regular email addresses, we love hearing from you. Blog address: http://christensenluckystar.blogspot.com

Februrary 6-10, 2006

We entered the waters of Florida the first part of February. Now we could take a breather, this area was not hit by Katrina, so there are marinas in tact. We spent a few days at Panama Beach, then went on to Apalachicola to wait for good weather to cross the Gulf of Mexico to Clearwater Beach. These first two pictures are taken at our spot in Apalachicola. We could walk or ride our bikes to town from here. Very nice small town with many new shops and restaurants, it has been discovered. We especially enjoyed the fresh Gulf oysters and talapia.
Apalachicola to Clearwater Beach is a twenty hour trip on our boat, so we left at 7:30 am and arrived at Anclote Key at 3 am the next morning. We had beautiful weather for the crossing, so the time spent waiting was worth it. We anchored at Anclote Key, slept until 9:00, then took off to Clearwater Beach Marina. This was a beautiful place to spend a week of R&R.
Our friend and mate, Jim, flew back to Houston, as he was ready to leave us on our own. We learned many valuable lessons from him about our boat, and tips for future navigation.


This is the view from our boat at Clearwater Beach Marina.