While Sanford and the St. Johns river are great cruising grounds, you have to get south of Vero Beach in order to have sub-tropical weather. (Note: royal palms can not survive higher latitudes.) It can be very cool north of Orlando. Additionally, if you like game fishing, diving, snorkeling, or water sports in general, you are better off heading to the Keys. We did this last winter and were pleasantly surprised, and will be repeating our track, hoping to see even more of the Keys. We loved exploring the Keys. One way of finding available dockage is to go online and check out the classifieds in the Keynoter: http://www.keynoter.com/classifieds/ For any of you heading to the Keys and its many great anchorages, pm us and we'll have a few sundowners while we swap tales. Martin Veiner _____________________________________________________________ Click for free info on earning your associates degrees. http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iieX0nuXjpu1jkNJY4nbE5FZ44xxDv 0wfAKReIwbHWdkrNybG/