We are anchored down in Key Largo after spending New Years Eve having an OK dinner at Gilbert's. The place has changed a lot since the last time we were here (3 years ago) and in many ways the "old Florida" motif is giving away to the faster paced "bigger money is better money" thoughts of many today. We elected not to order an expensive dinner and knowing that it comes with plastic utensils. Sandwiches, OK but for fine dining it is not the way it should be. But……..who are we to dictate to progress??!! So we had a veggie & hamburger to go with the snapper ceviche'. Tom would have loved the hard rock band that was playing. They were good and they were loud!
Since Stuart we have made our way down to Lake Boca where we had a chilly couple of days but the Christmas spirit was in the air.
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| Lake Boca |
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| Presents for Nati |
From there we pulled off a long motor - then motor sail right down to Miami. We caught the tide going down the last part of the ICW to Ft Lauderdale and then we had a damp, cloudy run on the outside to South Beach. We anchored to our normal anchorage and were able to once again see the cruise ships pass by on the way out. There appears to be many more than prior years.
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| A slow sail south |
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| Going into South Beach |
We headed south to clean water and QUIET! Miami is many things but quiet can never be used in the same sentence!!
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| Why we are here! |
Swimming and a sunset at Elliott Key was great……also the water maker is on and we have already made over 75 gallons. Yahoo!!
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| Our last sunset of 2014! |
Tomorrow we go back north to pickup Peggy. Fun times are coming on down the road…..
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