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Sunday April 30, 2017

We are off the boat at 9:30 AM and back on Tide Hiker by 10:00 AM. I feel sorry for the rest of the crew - Darrell & Mona are flying to LAX, Dick & Betty to PHX, Jay & Lovie to CLE and Nick and Lyn to BOS. What a drag. We were unpacked before lunch.

We now need to confront our planning:

1. We have paid the marina thru the end of this week
2. We need to get to a wedding in the DC area on May 20
3. Deidre needs to get to the doctors in Charleston to attend to her back
4. The water level in Lake Okeechobee is falling fast and is already 1" below "totally safe"
5. We have a slip lined up in Charleston for June
6. The diver is coming Monday
7. We need provisions.(have lots of left over beer!)
8. I need to change main engine oil in about 70 hours.

Tentative decisions:

1. We will shop tonight.
2. Subject to weather (which looks OK) we will leave tomorrow afternoon (after the diver) and get to the head of Tampa Bay Monday evening, and anchor behind one of the little islands (maybe Egmont Key).
3. We will go offshore Tuesday and head for Boca Grande entrance and anchor in Pelicam Bay. Will be a 80 NM run.
4. Wednesday to Franklin Lock,
5. Thursday to Moore Haven and Friday across the lake. If the lake has not dropped more than an inch or so by then we should be OK. We will make the GO-NO-GO decision Wednesday morning.