Since the holidays we have had quite a busy social schedule. We sailed back to Miami from down south so we could pick up our friend Peggy, who flew in from Cajun country. It was great to get together again. How many boats have a professional chef on board? Nati did!
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| A moth flying along! |
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| "Chill time" |
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| We ate very well! |
We had quite a first night back in South Beach. 3AM brought loud latin music really near us and when it didn't just go away I got up to discover a "mega yacht" right in front of us anchored! I mean RIGHT in front of us……maybe 75 feet! Just another day in Miami!!
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| I like the blue lights… |
The weather gave us a window to go back south and we were able to do some swimming, sailing and hanging. It has been a few years since we have seen Peggy so we had much to catch up on. Since we had a front come through during the middle of the week we had two days of just hanging out in Snake Creek with the wind howling but Nati was just liking the flat, calm creek. No problems from our end. From there we sailed down to Marathon. We haven't been there in 3 years so it has been kind of a "old home week". There are many sailing friends here and we have already come across many of them. Nati is anchored on the outside of Boot Key so it's a long dinghy ride to the marina but the view is nice here and so long as the weather comes from the north --- east, it is fine.
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| Heading east through Snake Creek Bridge |
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| A good sunset view |
So our first dinghy ride into the harbor brought us right up behind a monohull going into the harbor and it was no other than sv "Distant Horizon"! It was wonderful to see Kevin & Grace. They just got back from their sail to the Dry Tortugas and ended anchoring right near us. Quite a coincidence…….from the same dock in Little Sodus Bay, NY to Marathon, FL.
We have a few things to take care of here and then we will start to look for a window to cross to the Bahamas. We are really looking forward to a good sail across the "Stream".
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