Is I ended the blog yesterday with a night of little to no rest--- well we checked every hour last night to make sure we were still sitting at anchor. All was good till the 6am check and we had drifted from our position to the other side of the waterway!!! About 300 yds!!!! We quickly got the motors started and and got the anchor pulled in and just decided to get on our way south!!!! Ha it was dark till about 7:10am but we were in the downtown area so vision was really ok. Still raining some and the wind was about 25 MPH. NOT A FUN MORNING INDEED!!! We had decided to get on down to Miami and find a Marina and dock for a few days to let the weather improve before crossing Biscayne Bay into the Keys. By the time we got to Miami the weather was really much improved, wind was down to 10-15 MPH soooo we made the decision to see if we could cross the bay to the keys. Biscayne Bay was fairly calm and we talked to a few boats that had come across and they all said it was a fairly smooth ride, so we continued on!!! A georgeous day!!! It takes about 4 hours to cross over but the view and weather could not have been better!!!
We arrived in Key Largo at 3:30pm and found a Marina for dockage!!! It's the Anchorage Resort Yacht and Marina. Great little, and I do mean little, as they have 6 docking slips!!! So glad one of them was available for us!!! We were tired, needing a shower, and a hot meal (our generator is still not working) and some sleep!! Because of the generator being nonfunctional, Rod has had no coffee all day and it was sandwiches chips and fruit today!!! So tonight I made homemade chicken noodle soup for supper!!
Rested up jammies on, a little TV watched and to bed soon!!!! Tomorrow Rod will repair our generator and hopefully a little site seeing if it don't rain!! I do have a few pics to share, I sure wish I could post the videos of the dolphins we saw plenty today in this incredibly blue water riding along beside of our boat. I'm Ready to enjoy the Keys for a few weeks!!
Please continue to keep us in your prayers for a safe journey, Love to all, Fran & Capn Rod
When we first entered Biscayne Bay there was probably 300 + sailing boats from all over the world!! Looked like a sailing regatta!! Beautiful site!
About 20 miles out in the bay I saw this one waterway marker filled with birds!! Couldn't help but laugh as there was not another marker for probably another 20 miles!!, I guess they have to take turns to rest on a dry post!!! Haha
Lexie insist she can help dad read the map!!! LOL
Passed this sailing boat today!!! We have never seen a flying pig on sails before!!, LOL
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