Big Daddy II
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We finally left on our 30 day adventure to Baltimore and back . We plan on arriving May 6 to catch the Rays vs. Orioles series at Camden Yards. It may just be the most expensive trip ever to a ball game! We estimate we will travel 2800 total miles and use roughly 3000 gallons of fuel. Seriously, we do have other reasons for making this long trip. My wife Susan and I grew up in Maryland,we got married in Annapolis, I worked for the Orioles during school(selling beer), a lot of our family still live in the area and our daughter goes to college in Baltimore. When we moved to Florida 26 years ago we knew that some day we would return by boat to Baltimore and the time seemed right to do it now. We will be traveling between 75 and 150 miles per day and we have no reservations, so we will just look for nice stopovers depending on weather conditions and any mechanical issues. We will do the northbound route entirely ICW and return outside starting in the Delaware Bay, possibly coming inside around North Carolina. Today we left about 11AM and made it to the Franklin Lock which is about 10 miles east of Ft. Myers. The 2 outside locks have limited openings due to the dry season and lower lake level. They open at just 7AM, 1PM and 7PM. If any fellow boaters have any recomendations of marinas or must see places, please let us know. Our 7 year old Golden Doodle "Buddy" thoroughly enjoys boating and is usually found on the bridge with his face on the air conditioner.
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