This beautiful bird is always around the marina. There was a calm patch of water so it was a great mirror image.
These are about a million yellow tails all crowded up on the ledge. We wondered what they were doing until we saw the barracuda waiting to eat them. Today we saw a huge tarpon in about the same spot. Yesterday while out dinking around, a tarpon came out of the water. Its silver scales in the sunlight were magnicifant.
This is Bahia Honda State Park. There is supposed to be good diving and snorkeling off the shore. It is still too windy and wavy to find out. Maybe soon....
Story on the bridge. Click on the picture to make it easier to read.
David and Bill looking like they're trying to figure out how to fix this old bridge.
This is the roadbed of the original Hwy 1 bridge between two of the keys. It looks like something from an end of the world movie.
If you click, it should be clearer. It is a map of the keys and surrounding waters. It is very shallow here. Usually we get nervous with only 3 feet of water under the keel. Now I don't sweat it until it's less than .9 feet. As long as we float, it's ok.
Beautiful coconut palms with way too much wind. Funny thing for sailors but it needs to be a little less and coming from the right direction so the waves will be more manageable. We keep busy seeing the sights and goofing around with the dingy.
This is a bridge that we had to come through. You can see the remnants of the original overseas railroad. The road was washed out by a hurricane in the 30s and then the government extended US 1 on the same route.
You can see what constant exposure to salt does to even very thick steel.
This is a lagoon near the marina where we're tied up. We went snorkeling in there yesterday and saw a lot of young coral, fish and a large vehicle that apparently made a wrong turn.
The day we came down was very blustery. This is only an idea of what conflicting currents and 4-6 foot waves look like. We raced down under gybe alone at an average 6.5 knots. Unfortunately it was downwind so it was another rolly-poly ride
This beautiful bird is always around the marina. There was a calm patch of water so it was a great mirror image.
These are about a million yellow tails all crowded up on the ledge. We wondered what they were doing until we saw the barracuda waiting to eat them. Today we saw a huge tarpon in about the same spot. Yesterday while out dinking around, a tarpon came out of the water. Its silver scales in the sunlight were magnicifant.
This is Bahia Honda State Park. There is supposed to be good diving and snorkeling off the shore. It is still too windy and wavy to find out. Maybe soon....
Story on the bridge. Click on the picture to make it easier to read.
David and Bill looking like they're trying to figure out how to fix this old bridge.
This is the roadbed of the original Hwy 1 bridge between two of the keys. It looks like something from an end of the world movie.
If you click, it should be clearer. It is a map of the keys and surrounding waters. It is very shallow here. Usually we get nervous with only 3 feet of water under the keel. Now I don't sweat it until it's less than .9 feet. As long as we float, it's ok.
Beautiful coconut palms with way too much wind. Funny thing for sailors but it needs to be a little less and coming from the right direction so the waves will be more manageable. We keep busy seeing the sights and goofing around with the dingy.
This is a bridge that we had to come through. You can see the remnants of the original overseas railroad. The road was washed out by a hurricane in the 30s and then the government extended US 1 on the same route.
You can see what constant exposure to salt does to even very thick steel.
This is a lagoon near the marina where we're tied up. We went snorkeling in there yesterday and saw a lot of young coral, fish and a large vehicle that apparently made a wrong turn.
The day we came down was very blustery. This is only an idea of what conflicting currents and 4-6 foot waves look like. We raced down under gybe alone at an average 6.5 knots. Unfortunately it was downwind so it was another rolly-poly ride
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