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| Such a beautiful sunrise! |
Slept a little later, and was underway by 7:30. Weather is essentially
the same as yesterday. Mid 70’s with light winds from the SSE. (I’m not
complaining!)
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| Stiltsville |
Stiltsville still has the 7 remaining homes like the last time we
passed. This time I decided to check the
internet. The first structure was built
in the 1920 or 30’s by “Crawfish Eddie” Walker who sold beer, bait and chowder
from his fishing shack. Others joined
him, from boating and fishing clubs to bars and gentlemen’s clubs, which had
gambling and liquor beyond the mile enforcement limit. “Well-connected Miamians
and celebrities came to drink, relax and kick back.” By the early 1960, there
were 27 structures dotting Biscayne Bay. Miami extended its jurisdiction to
include these structures. Hurricanes destroyed many of the structures and the
lease for the land under the structures at present cannot be renewed. Stiltsville
is located in Biscayne Bay National Park. A trust has been set up to hopefully
restore some of the structures for access within the park. At present, nothing
has been done, but it has possible potential.
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Pete had a very busy day, work wise, but before we exited Key Biscayne
Bay, he was able to confirm Dock space Friday through Tuesday with Sombrero
Marina, YEA! Unfortunately, shortly there after he found that the area east and
south of Biscayne Bay has no cell service.
He had to miss a phone conference and made numerous calls to his partner
that were dropped or unable to connect. I guess when we traveled this way
before, he didn’t use the phone in this area.
Thankfully, everything worked out. He continued to work off line and by
11, had full service and continued with another series of projects and
conference calls.
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Not all pleasure crafts,
watermen work on the water |
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Water Hazard (even posted on the charts!):
in the middle of Hawk Channel sits a metal piling! |
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| YANKEE heading north |
We
passed a couple of dolphins, a few Man-O-War jelly fish, and a number of crab
floats. We used the sail to add another 2/10 of a mile to our speed. By 2:30 we
were working our way towards land, between Rodriguez Key and Key Largo. We
dropped anchor about a mile and a half from Monterrey's Grill, which had an area
to land the dinghy and walk Bailey. There are quite a few anchored boats, in
sorry need of some TLC, dotting the water between us and the mainland. As we
read up in the cockpit, Pete spotted a gentleman on a paddle board, who was
completely naked and totally unaffected by curious eyes.
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| Clothing must have been optional! |
Pete spoke with his brother agreed that we will meet the family in Key West
the first weekend in February. We have a safe harbor for the coming storm,
plans for a great weekend with family, along with a beautiful sunset, we
enjoyed the clear, star-studded sky. Things don’t get much better!
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| View to the east at Sunset |
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| Sunset to the west |
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