Happy Holidays from LeeLoo!

Friday-Sunday, December 12-20 - We have enjoyed the last week in Tarpon Springs after our long Gulf crossing.  There is much to see in Tarpon Springs.  The Sponge Docks area in Greektown, where they harvest sponges daily, is a couple of blocks away.  It's the main reason tourists come to Tarpon Springs.  Of course, we enjoyed a Greek dinner, complete with a delicious Greek salad!  We can't forget Rusty Bellies Seafood Restaurant which is also a block away - wonderful happy hour margaritas and seafood!

                                          Dinner with fellow Loopers at Rusty Bellies.

One night we had a rousing game of Jenga at the Tiki Bar at our marina!  We divided into girls vs. boys teams and the men were victorious for both games.  As you can see below, the Jenga tower got pretty high in the end!

                                                 A night of Jenga!

During our first couple of days in Tarpon Springs, we rode the Jolley Trolley to Dunedin to look at Marker 1 Marina where we will move to in January, and then on to Clearwater Beach to look at the marina there.  It's nice to have a visual of where we will be going in the next couple of months.  While riding the Jolley Trolley was fun and convenient, we decided to rent a car for two weeks.   This allowed us to re-provision LeeLoo and to do some Christmas shopping!  

We are very happy with our slip at Turtle Cove Marina.  We feel safe and secure as we ride up and down on the floating docks as the tide comes in and out. The marina stores most of its boat in big buildings on storage racks.  Dockhands are constantly taking boats down and putting boats back into their assigned storage area. The dockhands work hard and are very friendly.

                                             Storage racks for the boats.

                                       The view from LeeLoo's stern!  Beautiful!

                                     LeeLoo tied securely at Turtle Cove Marina.

Our weather has been lovely with mostly temperatures in the low 80's.  We did have a couple of "cold" days in the high 60 and low 70's.  All you northerners will not feel sorry for us!  But, we are back in the 80's starting tomorrow!

We plan to drive to Atlanta on Wednesday to spend Christmas with Carey's dad, Carey's sister and her family.. Our sons and their families are also joining us in Atlanta!  Should be a Christmas to remember!  We plan to return to Tarpon Springs on December 29 or 30th.  Christmas Eve will be spent in Tarpon Springs and then we will move LeeLoo to Dunedin for a month!  Our adventure continues, but at a much slower pace!

We would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a safe, happy and healthy 2016!