Across the lake
December 1 It’s been two weeks, almost 3 since I’ve last posted. Not sure why I find it super challenging to be motivated to write. And it’s December already!!! Today is a blustery day - high around 60° - so it’s a perfect day to write. Picture the sound of the saw in the background while Eddie is cutting a hole in the floor to access the fuel tanks. More on that later! After leaving Indiantown, hallelujah!, we crossed Lake Okeechobee from east to west. This involved traveling through three locks and an overnight stay. The lake was so calm and reminded me a little bit of traveling in the Chesapeake Bay. There would be days on the Chesapeake where we would refer to it as Lake Chesapeake because it was so calm. All messages were that Lake O can get super sloppy. It’s a large shallow lake with a wide fetch which means there is ample opportunity for waves to build. Oh and they say it’s an unforgiving bottom which means you really don’t want to ground. There had been so much rain in S. Flor...