On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:03:08 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

Well, that's what our dinghy is for - different boats for different
trips. We'll have to go through the Keys on our way north since the
Ortona Lock is scheduled to be closed on the Okeechobee Waterway.

http://www.cruisersnet.net/index.php...6_articleid=15

Maybe they'll push it back to July, and you can traverse.
How do you like boating that piece?
Stopped there on the road once and had fried gator.
Pretty good.

It's an intersting trip if you don't do it too often, and it saves
well over 200 miles which translates to time and $$$s at today's
diesel prices.

We usually stay over at Roland Martin's Marina in Clewiston. The
local bar scene there is a hoot but bring plenty of skeeter repellant.
We donated a can to the band last time we were there just to keep them
playing.