This is our last day in Miami. Tomorrow, we are moving to our jump off spot for the Bahamas. Possibly Saturday we will have a window to cross so this will be our last posting from the US. It looks like we are going to try and clear customs in Nassau at the Atlantis resort. If all goes well we will be there for Nicole?? s birthday. I think the kids will get a kick out of the resort. Not to mention that Lisa might want a little time in spa.
Today we spent most of our day tracking down the last of our spares and filling the propane tank, while the kids enjoyed a movie (Happy Feet) with some other cruiser friends who really needed a kid fix since theirs are grown up and gone. We had a very long dinghy ride into downtown Miami. As soon as we got off the dinghy, we wondered if we had landed in Cuba. Everything was written in Spanish. It was hard to believe we were in America. When we got back to our dinghy, two iguanas were guarding it. Very cool.
While in Miami, we have enjoyed tubing and swimming in the 75 degree water. Until�. We saw a Portuguese Man of War in the water. They are actually very beautiful, unfortunately dangerous. So we now need to do a complete search of the water before we play.