The Seven Mile Bridge over Moser Channel in the Florida Keys slips away off our stern, and we are northbound from John Sawyer Bank, headed across Florida Bay en route to Everglades City, 24 days into our cruising odyssey. For some reason, I glance at my feet. Those once lily-white toes now look like they are wrapped drum tight in brown leather, weathered and happy. This cruising life we've been enjoying will do that.
We visited Queen Charlotte Sound for the first time in 2002, and the complex terrain, impressive scenery, and variety of fabulous anchorages have lured us back almost every year since.