Footnote to June 7,2110

Anchor down, Old Port Cove, Lake Worth, Florida

Sitting here at anchor in Lake Worth, the thunderstorms in the area have provided some relief from the heat with shade and cool breezes. It occurred to us today that we are no longer in the swimming pool clear waters of the Keys. In fact, we left the Keys when we left Key Biscayne a few days ago. Now, the water is dark tea colored, except at the Atlantic inlets. Methinks it is because of all the homes along this waterway. While we are glad to be here, the water of the Keys is remarkable and we shall not see again such clarity for several months. The swamps of Georgia and the Carolinas will put the "river grin" stains on the bow of WK just as did the water of the ICW in Texas and Louisiana. Since we had some health issues and a desire to move along (feeling the hot breath of hurricane season upon us), we took little time to dive and dink in those clear waters. We spent days looking at the shadows of WK and ourselves on the bottom of Hawk Channel, the Keys and those isolated places that we visited. We did not bar hop or do the normal stuff that cruisers have to do to keep Phydeaux happy, hence our dink has been wet only a few times underway. That will change and we will use it to explore, but the memories of the crews of Heart of Gold and the surprise vist of Safari has made memories of the Keys so good.

Had to edit this post after popping topside and noticing that most boats in this anchorage are flying the US Flag from their starboard spreader, meaning as a courtesy flag. For the non sailors in the audience, when visiting a foreign port, it is custom and in some cases law that the foreign vessel display from their starboard spreader the flag of the host country. Whipping out the binoculars, with cat like reflexes, and training same on the boats around us, there are very few US flag vessels in this anchorage. Two boats are from Germany, Hamburg to be exact; one boat from Sydney, a boat from Istanbul, two boats from countries that are unreadable at the distance. Then there is that boat from Texas, The Republic Of.