Sunday was a busy day in this harbor with all the traffic coming ashore for church, flee markets and general "get off the boat" activities. We decided to make a recon trip to Key Biscayne to check out an anchorage other cruisers have mentioned. That meant a long ride up the "Overseas Highway (Hwy 1) to the Miami area. It was worth the effort since we took our guide book on anchorages with us and located many from the highway. The Keys water is outstanding and on the sunny day it was a display of coral, seagrass and clear water. This is perhaps the best snorkeling water in the US.
We stopped in Key Largo for lunch at a place called Jimmy Johnson's Big Chill. Thinks I: bet JJ nevers saw this place. We sat dockside and when finished with lunch we took a shortcut out of the place past two guys having lunch. One of them was JJ himself. Easy to spot him with the hair thing. We don't get giddy over celebrity spottings but that was a surprise.
Key Biscayne is the northernmost of the Keys right in the Miami area. It is mostly a park and there were a few hundred thousand folks on the beaches there. Talk about a change from remote areas and quiet anchorages to hundreds of jet skis and fast movers of all types. Methinks our stay in that area, when it happens, will be short.
Meeting people is a main attraction to being in a marina though we definitely like anchoring out. We have met some characters like those under the Tree of Knowledge. One lady had a pair of short, stubby white dogs of some Scottish origin. They were developed to chase fox into the holes. As such, they have really fat tails that were designed to be used to pull the dog from the hole. That is how she loads the dogs in the dink. Really looks funny.
We will see if Bear's back is still stinging today and if so, we will see the doctor again. It is getting better but still hurts some when she walks. That was one reason we took the long ride yesterday since a car seat is comfortable for her. I never thought I would agree on that topic since I was a road warrior for 30 years but there are very few places to sit long spells aboard a sailing vessel, at least on our size.
We will see if Bear's back is still stinging today and if so, we will see the doctor again. It is getting better but still hurts some when she walks. That was one reason we took the long ride yesterday since a car seat is comfortable for her. I never thought I would agree on that topic since I was a road warrior for 30 years but there are very few places to sit long spells aboard a sailing vessel, at least on our size.
Notwithstanding a round of doctor visits, we plan to set sail on Wedensday. The destination: out there.
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