FL to CT - Day 3
Olga, FL to Moore Haven, FL
Decided no alarm clocks and but still woke up fairly early around 0700... a bit foggy but forecast was good... sunny with NW winds 10-15 knots that would have no effect on us in the ditch crossing to Lake Okeechobee.
Pull the anchor about 0845 and were underway toward the Franklin Lock at 0900. We just missed an eastbound lockage so we had about a 150-20 minute wait before we could enter the lock. We were joined by a small power boat about 20ft long in the lock.
We were soon underway and headed east across the Okeechobee Waterway. There was a Krogen Trawler "LALI" just ahead of us that left the Franklin Lock State Park Marina just as we exited the lock. We followed them for the entire day. Going through several bridges and the Ortona Lock together. We were joined by an 82ft Burger "INDEPENDENCE" in the Ortona Lock... felt a little cramped for space with them beside us in the lock.
We parted company with "LALI" at Moore Haven... we stopped for the day at Moore Haven and they continued on planning to stop in Clewiston.
We arrived to our normal location the River House Marina for the night
N26°49.884', W081°05.423' at 1515. We traveled today for 6 hours and 15 minutes covering 36.6 nautical miles averaging 5.8 knots.