02/05/2013, Elliott Key
We departed Key Biscayne today and traveled to Elliott Key, we will spend a few days here then move to Pumpkin Key, then head to Key Largo area. We will post more with pics as we have internet available, all is well, weather is forecast to be more perfect than it is right now and the water is 66 ( I expect the water to start warming up as we head South). The Pic is of Bessie and I on the end of Key Biscayne with the Stilt Houses in the background.
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01/31/2013, Key Biscayne to Elliott key and back
We had a great visit with Jason, we picked him up at a boat launch in Miami beach at 1030 AM on 24 Jan and went straight to the boat, pulled the anchor and cruised to Dinner Key where we spent the night. On the 25th, we cruised to Elliott Key which was very nice. the water was crystal clear, we swam some, kayaked and walked on the beach. Jason and I spent some time under the boat replacing the shaft Zinc, the boat was in 5 feet of water and we essentially stood on the bottom and wedged ourselves against the bottom of the boat to take off the old zinc and replace it.
The weather for his entire visit was perfect, 80 degrees, breezy and sunny. Jason tanned up nicely. Kayaking was fun, saw some fish and Bessie saw a 5 foot Hammer Head Shark, I saw but not as good as Bessie, it was swimming right alongside her Kayak about 10 feet off toward the beach.
We the cruised to No Name Harbor, a state park bay on Key Biscayne, stayed here for two days on a weekend which was a bad move but we endured all the Miami ans and their partying. They generally quieted down after 10 so we slept well. After here, we moved back to where we picked Jason up and bid farewell. We returned to No Name and will be heading South to the Keys sometime this weekend (Weather permitting). All systems are working fine, making water, and enjoying the lifestyle; it is quite nice. Took some pics, they are on Flickr (I actually took more than I have been, hard to believe)
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01/20/2013, FIU Bay
OK, we are fianlly in Miami, ready to launch for the keys. As my BRO said, it is great to be in FL, on our boat and it is awesome to drive around the boat on the dinghy and look at the rudder and the prop, try that on the Chesapeake Bay, never happen. We are thrilled and Bessie and I mention every day that it is hard to believe we are here. The water is amazing, the Manatees are cool to see and the places to anchor are everywhere. We are meeting Jason on Thursday, early in the AM, a taxi is dropping him where we will be anchored and I'll pick him up for a 5 day cruise around Miami, Key Biscayne, dinner Key and maybe out to Stiltsville and beyond ( all weather dependent). Our cruise today was fabulous from Boca Raton to Miami. The pic I put on the blog is our next home and boat. It has to be pretty neat to own a big home on the water near miami worth probably 5 mil, then own a yacht, tied up out front that is worth 10 mil and then, the yacht obscures the house, that is priceless. We are (obviously) thrilled, having a great journey and admit that this is quite the lifestyle. Boredom has been painlessly absent from our lives on the boat, we are meeting many amazing and nice people so as Bessie said several times, I can't imagine not doing this for a long time. I put one pic up here, and two others on flickr.
We are now in Miami Beach and left FIU Bay on the 24th. Thankfully I put a strong windlass on the boat before we started this journey, AND IT IS STRONG, when we left FIIU bay, the anchor snagged a cable (2 inch diameter cable) and the windlass pulled anchor and cable up to the surface, I unhooked the cable and we were free. Tomorrow AM, Jason arrives, we are looking VERY forward to our time with Jason.
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01/19/2013, Boca Raton Lake
Anchored for a night or two, moving South, all is well
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01/17/2013, South of Jupiter
We finally left the marina on Wed Jan 16th. We will be heading down to miami to meet Jason n the 24th, our plan is to make a stop in North Lake Worth, then onto Boca Raton and then to Miami. All is wee and it is good to be out on the water again. More to come now that we're back out and heading to the Keys for Feb and March.
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12/13/2012, Jupiter FL
We arrived at our new home for the next month, we won't be posting until we leave for Miami in January, Merry Christmas to all.
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