Hilton Garden Winter Park invited us over to their Employee parking lot and even provided cones

Hontoon Landing Marina looking across the river

Gusts tp 46 MPH, 35 sustained is 'Gale Warning'

Cat O' Mine snuggled up on A Dock. Big fenders are Good

Winter Park to Hontoon

March 3 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

Day 53 already? This is one of our longest cruises ever. I’m running behind in posting due to the complexity of our logistics etc but no matter. We launched at a steep and deep ramp at the Beresford Lake Yacht Club, which Tom and Joyce negotiated about with the management. It’s a much closer walk than Ed Stone to the State Park parking area (we were providing the ride to pick up the Publix Fried Chicken lunch). They invited the group for a last night dinner at the Club, which was really good and a first. Their docks are too high for our boats, but they were trying hard to accommodate us.

There were some windy days (gusts to 46 MPH per our Windy Blue version app) that made docking ‘interesting’. It’s great to visit new and old friends (sorry, I meant ‘experienced’) at this Gathering. Kudos to Tom and Joyce for managing (if that’s the right word for herding cats) another Hoot again this year!Read more