March 14, 2022
We obtained local knowledge the very first day we anchored in Tarpon Basin. This dinghy landing is at the end of a local neighborhood street. A1A is a short half mile. We got into a routine of emptying garbage in the Little League Park dumpster across A1A and another half mile walk to Publix.
A short stretch of woods leading into the neighborhood
It takes only a couple hours to re-provision and dinghy back across the bay to Manatee.
March 15, 2022
It's been 6 weeks and we are in need of refilling our water tanks (we carry 230 gallons for showers, dishes, etc) and a diesel top off. We left the anchorage early, pre-sunrise to arrive at Gilberts' fuel dock, hopefully before anyone else. It takes a LONG time to fill the water tank with the low pressure their hose has. It rained on us at Gilberts, but hey, it's Florida. It does that whenever it wants. But sometimes we are rewarded with the most amazing skies. This rainbow appeared as we were leaving Gilbert's. It was such a perfect rainbow, you could almost envision the pot of gold at the ends!
Then it's back down the waterway to Sunset Cove, the next cove down from Tarpon Basin, to another dinghy landing that we were told about, again at the end of a street in a neighborhood. It was only about a mile's walk to the laundromat. We had a bit of laundry, thank goodness for that handy cart!
We got through our laundry task easily. We enjoyed a great Jalepeno Chicken Avocado wrap from Eco Eats next door to the laundromat.
Then its back to Tarpon Basin for the evening. Chores are all done and we are ready to go find that aqua waters of the Manatee Keys.
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