Well the day is here!  Late Date is finally going to get to her new home. 

She is currently at the Palafox Pier in Pensacola, FL. Another gorgeous picture courtesy of Colin. 

Here is the current plan:

Brett and Colin arrive in Pensacola on Tuesday afternoon and prepare the boat for an early Wednesday trip from Palafox to Panama City, a distance of 100 miles.  They will stay at a marina there to refresh and refuel.  On Nov 6, they will head to Apalachicola which is 55 miles on the intercostal.  They will refuel mid-afternoon -  including those extra gas cans - before heading out to outside of the Goverment Cut. Noting that high tides occur Nov 6th at 4:40 pm and Nov 7th at 2:12 am, they intend to begin the trip to Clearwater under full moon and hopefully good weather. From Clearwater, they intend to anchor in Bradenton Beach to visit good friends Paul and Marni.  On Sunday Nov 9, they will leave for Fort Myers, then push on to Lake Okeechobee and Indian Town Marina. This will take 2 days. On Nov 12, they intend to be in New Smyrna Beach and travel on to Fernandina Beach to arrive late on Nov 12.  This may get delayed by a day but they pretty confident unless weather intervenes.  At some point in this trip - maybe at Ft Myers - friend Mike plans to hop on so there will be a trio bringing Late Date home.  

Can't wait for the pictures!