Back to the Boat- Stuart, FL

We had a wonderful Christmas in Minnesota.  We missed our larger gatherings with friends and family but we were blessed to have lots of quality time with the kids and grand babies.    Minnesota had moderate temps and was beautifully white. 
Now we are also happy to back on the Beyond Kare'n and in warmer weather. 
Spent a few days at Sunset Bay Marina in Stuart, saw our new friends Albert and Sara and met up for a couple days with Tom and Jeanie McCarthy - our long time friends and neighbors from home.  They are on their new RV adventure and it was fun to catch up and compare the land and sea versions of traveling.  

 1/9/21 We left Stuart at first dawn to cross the Okeechobee Waterway.  The lake is very shallow so the you have to watch the channel carefully.  The dredged channels on each end of the lake go through sugar cane fields and wetlands. It's very rural and remote and we were lucky to find a park dock in LaBelle to tie up for the night as there are very limited places to stop in the narrow waterway.  Got a great sunset out of the deal!