The weather has been poor for sailing so Mac and I have been doing the "tourist" stuff. On Sunday we went to Key West (5 hour drive) and had a very nice day. I got to check out Boot Key harbor and it looked very inviting although it would be a long sail to get there. Boot Key Harbor is located in Marathon about in the middle of the keys. The harbor has room for hundreds of boats and they rent mooring balls by the day, week, or month. They have a large dinghy dock, rec room, showers, and bike racks. It is right in the middle of town so shopping is easy. Key West also had a mooring ball field and seems to be a more interesting town with more to do. We went to the southern most point in the US, Hemingway's house, a great coffee shop, and a nice walk around the "historic district".
On Monday we went to the Kennedy Space Center (2 hour drive) which was very interesting. The displays and history were great as was the "space burger with rocket fries".
Tomorrow we untie from the dock and head up the Intracoastal Waterway. I hope we can find an anchorage up a ways and then sail back on the outside on Wednesday. We'll see what the sea-state is on Wednesday before we commit.
Glad you are getting a chance to visit a few land sites. I think we now have this "post a comment" thing-a-jig figured out. if this post shows up then we do.
ReplyDeleteTried to post a comment at work but it didn't want to take yahoo account. we have a new rotarian that works for freebor mower electric that moved here from texas. he has a sail boat but is trying to sell it down there. If he doesn't sell it he will be moving it to Lake pepin. Wonders how much trouble it was to get someone to move it. Weather is nice here. but maybe snow the end of the week. nothing that will stay according to the channel 6 weatherman. Went to chicago for three days last week to introduce our new salesmanager to some of our customers. Didn't see much activity on the lake.
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I used Cross Country Boat Transport (651) 437-2454 and they took care of everything although I had to get a few things ready like taking down the mast and putting things away.
ReplyDeleteAt Hemingway's house, I'm sure you noticed the polydactyl cat colony there. Oh, wait, maybe you two wouldn't notice....
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