Sunset from Belhaven Marina after front passage
Captian and Crew for ICW 2021, 50 years of boating together
Fair weather entering the beautiful Waccamah River section of the ICW
It is not exactly as the time-honored saying goes but everything that goes down must come up, at least in the case of ICW snowbirds returning to the Bay. And so it was that on April 30th I pointed Winsome Winn north on the ICW in Jupiter FL and headed back to Annapolis.
My preferred crew for this trip is my lovely wife, Sue. However, she had grandchild duty to attend to during the time we set aside for the trip. So, my always willing college roommate/fraternity brothers, Dave and Kevin, boarded a Southwest flight bound for PBI and days later Sue engaged Southwest to get her back to BWI and home for more important duty.
The trip was great as always. The south to north transition from tropical palms to pine trees and endless marshes, to cypress swamp to hardwood forests is always a treat. Dave is a trained naturalist and he is forever seeking and logging the flora and fauna of the trip. This time he logged 31 birds including the fairly rare Roseate Spoonbill.
Kevin, he just loves to drive or navigate, a skill set much needed on the ICW.
And so it was, 1200 miles in 14 days, including two weather lay days in Norfolk waiting for the Bay to behave. This is my fourth round trip and I can say it nerver gets old. As always, a good time was had by all.