{"id":2025,"date":"2015-12-20T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2015-12-20T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T17:21:17","slug":"anna-maria-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=2025","title":{"rendered":"Anna Maria Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image68.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image68.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image68.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image70.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image70.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image70.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image70.jpg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image70.jpg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image71.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image71.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image73.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image73.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image73.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image73.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image73.jpg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image73.jpg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image74.jpg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSaturday December 12, 2015<br \/>\nWe were sitting just above the mud bottom when we woke up so I went for a walk around Dunedin. By 10am the tide was high enough! We headed thru the Pass at Dunedin out into the Gulf Of Mexico. Beautiful day as we sailed south a few miles offshore. We had to stay on crab pot watch almost the whole way to Tampa Bay.<br \/>\nWe pulled into Gslati Yacht Sales and marina on Anna Maria Island just before sunset. We were in the slip next to our friends Mike and Marylin on SV Sweet Pea. The mangroves on the other side of our dock were alive with the ruckus made by Pelicans, cormorants, and ducks, all claiming their roost for the night.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d stocked up on yummy Greek pita and various spreads in Tarpon Springs. Perfect for drinks in our cockpit with Marylin and Mike. The birds had quieted down and it was a lovely evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday December 12, 2015 We were sitting just above the mud bottom when we woke up so I went for a walk around Dunedin. By 10am the tide was high enough! We headed thru the Pass at Dunedin out into the Gulf Of Mexico. Beautiful day as we sailed south a few miles offshore. 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