Delayed by the Weather!

We did something today that we very seldom do. We turned around and returned to whence we came. The weather took a turn not to our favor after we entered the Gulf of Mexico and had traveled 8 miles. The wind was 15 to 20 knots with large waves coming right on our bow. This made for a very uncomfortable ride and a very slow go of about 4 knots. We had left Everglades City at 9:30 AM to get a rising tied for the shallow depths of the Barron River. It was around 11 AM when we passed Indian Key and entered the Gulf. All was well until we were 3 miles out and the wind increased. We would not have arrived until almost dark at the rate of speed we we going. We really don't like to back track but we also don't like getting beaten up. After all this is supposed to be fun, right!

When we got back to Indian Key the fetch had white caps in the anchorage so we decided to go one mile further up to Russell Pass. The wind is still howling but we are sitting quite still here at anchor and are looking forward to a good nights sleep.

Tomorrow our plan is to try again to get to Little Shark River and then the next day on to Marathon. If not we will just sit tight and go explore in the dinghy.