Sunset on Islamarado. Goodnight all.....

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Lorelei Cabana Bar on Islamarado.

We left Key Largo for Islamarado today. A Shower along the way but a good sail.

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Annies's boat

SEA FEVER looking good in the keys

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Just a test

Test

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Tom

TOM swimming in Biscayne Bay in FEBRUARY!


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Baker's Haulover Inlet

  We've had computer troubles since Vero Beach and have been offline. Hopefully they are fixed now. From Vero we stopped in Manatee Pocket near Stuart, Fl for a few days then on to Lake Boca Raton for an overnight anchorage. We made it to Ft. Lauderdale the following day; this was our farthest stop the last two times we cruised.

  We're in Miami Beach near a state park across from Baker's Haulover Inlet and plan to stay here another day before heading to Dinner Key near Coconut Grove. Here are some of the latest pictures.

Vero Beach, FL

Vero Beach has a nice, secure but crowded mooring field and one of our favorite stops. There’s a free bus that stops at the marina so we made trips to West Marine, Publix and a great Mexican restaurant for lunch.
Highlight of the stop here was getting to see the grandson. Blaise is visiting his other grandparents in Jensen so they drove down to meet us. How big he’s growing!
We had rain today so it was a great day to read and relax. We’re going to a superbowl party tonight aboard “Hazel Ann” the only powerboat in our group.

Melbourne, FL

We left Cocoa after just one night because of the difficulty of getting on the dock. The city built this wonderful waterfront park after the hurricanes of 2004 but left no access to getting on the dock by way of ladders, floating docks, etc for dinghies.
There’s great holding before the Melbourne bridge 20 miles to the south so we headed there and dinghiedto the town of Indialantic. Small coastal town but we always love going ashore and exploring. We met up with friends – Annie, Mark & Linda – and found a tiki bar to enjoy the remainder of the afternoon. Then a dinghy race back to the boats for steak and squash on the grill.  Yum….
Today we’re headed for Vero Beach for a couple of days.

Titusville, FL

We left Daytona for New Smyrna Beach and anchored at Sheephead Cut across from the city marina. The anchorage was crowded and the marina full and we’re beginning to think everyone is going to south Florida this time of the year. There was an arts festival in the downtown area that gave us some exercise and we left the following morning.
Titusville is one of our favorite spots to stop because we can usually see manatees here. It’s still a little cold for them so we only glimpsed the backs of a couple. We met several nice couples and one gave us a ride to Walmart and Publix to restock supplies. [Thank you Carla] We had a pizza & sangria party last night at the screened in porch at the marina. Take the party with you is becoming a way of life.

The smoke in the picture above was from a ‘controlled burn’ south of here – very ominous looking. We’re leaving this morning for Cocoa just a few miles south.