On Wednesday 1/13 we cruised from our mooring ball in Sarasota Bay to a beautiful anchorage in Pelican Bay at Cayo Costa State Park. The cruise took us through very narrow and shallow parts of the intracoastal waterway. We concentrated on staying in the channel but we still hit bottom at one point. No damage done. This is the last part of the intracoastal waterway that passes through some of the most scenic towns we have seen yet. We went through Siesta Key, Venice (very cool!), Manasota Key, Lemon Bay, Don Pedro Island, Gasparilla Sound off of Gasparilla Island and Boca Grande. All of these areas would be great stops along the way... not enough time!
The waterways in and around Cayo Costa and Pelican Bay are lined with mangroves... a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The park is a favored stop for a lot of loopers and a great place to hike and explore by dingy. It rained most of the time we were at anchor and the gloomy weather made us decide to just spend one night and move on in search of warm weather and sunshine.
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