Day 3 – Longboat Key. The wind would have been fantastic for heading south today, but it was terrible for heading north tomorrow so we decided to make a short hop up to Longboat Key.

Seafood fajitas were cooked en route, with much lounging around on deck and reading. We came under the bridge at Longboat Key and managed to stay in the channel all the way to the anchorage! After anchoring, we inflated the blow-up kayak and Mike and I prepped it for a test drive. Steve said I couldn’t go on it without a life jacket. Definitely have to be careful stepping onto it, and you get a very wet bottom, but otherwise it’s lots of fun. We went over to the little beachside restaurant, had a drink, and brought back appetizers for Steve and Beth. (Steve did go out for a trial run and agreed to a ‘real kayak’ – yippee!

Mike made dinner – 2 kinds of kielbasa from California and very spicy fried potatoes – they were very good with sour cream.

Longboat Key is a fantastic place to anchor so…