We have been in Miami for several weeks now and we have fallen in love with this area. It is so nice to be in an area where you are accepted for who you are. We have enjoyed the beaches, nightlife, and the people we have met have been fantastic. Thank you Michael and Kathy from the Laundry Bar! Yall have been great! From where we are anchored, we have access to Miami Beach, Virginia Key, Key Biscayne, Miami (downtown) and Coconut Grove, What else could you ask for! This has been an absolutely enjoyable experience. We plan to stay several more weeks before moving on. The weather patterns continue to be erratic with one front moving in after another, however, we could not imagine a better place to hold over! We still have several places we would like to visit before moving on. More to come.

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We left Fort Lauderdale on Saturday and headed offshore to Miami. We had a very pleasant sail and the seas were excellent. Winds were out of the east at 10 knots. We arrived at Government Cut Channel around 2 pm. Upon entry into the channel, We realized we had no forward motor power - Not a good place for things to go wrong. Not knowing what was wrong, we decided it was a good time to call Tow Boat US and get us out of the busy channel. As it turned out, we lost our forward gear and are now at Anchor Marine on the Miami River getting a new transmission. We plan to anchor out at Marine Stadium and test things out before heading further south. We have made the best of the situation and continue to have a lot of fun along the way. We have enjoyed the beaches and culture here in Miami. More to come.

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We finally made it to South Florida and are having a great time. The houses along the intracoastal waterway are not to be believed.... Some of the largest sprawling houses we have ever seen! We have watched the manatees and dolphins play almost every day and that has really been relaxing. We have only been able to travel every couple of days due to the weather patterns. Hopefully that will change the further south we go. We have strong cold fronts every several days (cold is 60 degrees, but the winds associated are very high and make travel difficult. When the winds blow, we find an anchorage and sit tight it passes. We should leave West Palm Beach in a day or so and will continue down the ICW to Fort Lauderdale. Our refrigerator went on the blink so we have a repair man coming sometime today. We will have to restock today and then we hope to be on our way. More to come!

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