Cruising down the west coast of Florida

Richard, Joanne, Diana and Joe 

It's March 21st, the first day of spring (and my 65th birthday!)  We are docked at Marathon Yacht Club in the middle of the Keys and its a gorgeous day. 

Since our last posting, we spent a few days waiting out a nasty storm that finally hit us on Tuesday.  The wind howled over the water, but our anchor held firm.  Unfortunately, our friends on s/v Can't Agree had dinghy motor problems and decided to return home to Punta Gorda to fix the problem.  We are hoping that they will catch up to us in a few days as we meander down the coast and then over to Miami's Mooring Field at Coconut Grove.  We spent a lovely night anchored at Little Shark River, in the Everglades.  There is no cell phone or wifi coverage in this remote part of Florida, but we enjoyed the peacefulness of the place before we sailed down to Marathon yesterday.


We're planning on having a nice birthday dinner here and then heading over on the Intercoastal Waterway (ICW) to Islamorada and then onto Miami.  We heard from some other sailing friends on s/v Yorkshire Rose that are also heading over our way and we hope to meetup with them too! 

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PS We are having trouble inserting photos into the blog.  May not have internet computer access for a while but will still get email on our phones.