Crunching Numbers!

Some of you were confused about our Gulf coast plan and thought we'd given up on going south! Perish the thought!! With lots of time on my hands yesterday while the winds howled here at this lovely spot, Sanctuary, I did some math that might help explain things:
We plan to be in Rio Dulce, Guatemala by June 1st, the official beginning of hurricane season! That's only 72 days from tomorrow, when the weather calms back down! We'd also like to see our friends Tom and Jodie when they're in the Keys for his birthday, just 36 days away! We also want to stop in Pensacola and see the new house that brother in law Yohannes (aka Apar) built for my sister Judy. We also want to meet up with good friends Alfred and Monika in Tampa.
Here are some mileages:
From here to the Louisiana border: 213 statute miles (nautical miles are a bit longer)
Louisiana border to Harvey Lock (New Orleans) 265 "
Harvey Lock to Pensacola 180
Pensacola (offshore) to Tarpon Springs 285
Tarpon Springs to Ft. Myers 150
Ft. Myers to Flamingo 120
Flamingo to Key West (offshore) 80
Key West to Isla Mujeres, Mexico 345
Isla Mujeres to Ambergris Cay, Belize 200
A.C. to Rio Dulce, Guatemala 180
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Total= 1963 miles!

So, in order to see Tom and Jodie the end of April, we need to average 36 miles/day, to cover the 1293 miles, which sounds like a lot, but it's do-able, since some of that is offshore, (144 miles in 24 hours, doing 6 knots).
From Key West to Rio Dulce is 725 miles and, leaving the Keys April 29th, gives us 33 days, or 22 miles a day. That's not too bad! Still, we are kind of running out of time before hurricane season! We would love to travel with our friends Candy and Orville, and are hoping they'll catch up to us along the way. They're faster than we are, so it's possible.
I can hear some of you saying we should've gone with friends Sue and Al when they left on Wind Dancer back in November. They're down in the Bahamas now, enjoying clear waters and eating lobsters! But look what we'd have missed...meeting wonderful friends in Port Mansfield, and LEARNING about Rio Dulce (a lot closer than Golfito!) from friends Candy and Orville! We trust that God's leading us in the right direction at the right time, and putting the right people in our path! The journey is the thing, and we are enjoying each day, even the rainy or windy ones!