Summer Fun!

We have spent the past week enjoying Key West!

Today is Friday, and we have experienced every one of the gorgeous days in the above (100% accurate) forecast!

Last Friday we weighed anchor outside Everglade City, and decided to take advantage of the great travel conditions to cross 75 miles straight to Key West.

As soon as we started moving, the dolphins noticed our departure and raced to catch up.

White Pelicans were gathered on a sandbar.

As you can see, the conditions were calm, with no boats, obstructions, or crab pots in sight... I decided to stand outside to enjoy a little sun (at this point temps were still in the low 60s so it was chilly in the shade).  Suddenly this tern flies right in front of my face looking for a place to land.  Luckily, she/he decided against my head as a landing spot and moved forward to attempt a rest on the railing.  It didn’t work out so well as she/he kept falling off and finally flew away.

The iguanas were enjoying the Key West sunshine on the breakwater at the mouth of the harbor. I’m very happy we will not be walking there.

Our anchorage offers constant entertainment!  How long do you think it took to get these two people back onto the banana?

As always, I thoroughly enjoy watching the Osprey fish for dinner!

The dinghy dock makes it easy for us to visit town, but sometimes there a people who are pure idiots!  This boat you see jammed in the middle is locked with a cable, and has totally blocked any boat to the right from being able to leave...ridiculous!  Luckily, we are tied on the outside of the other dock and had no problem leaving.  I didn’t stick around to see what the ‘trapped’ people did to that boat.

This is February in Key West. After hiking from the boat to this park, for the farmers market you can see in the background, I was tempted to join them!

Flowers are in bloom on every street.

We are sooooo happy to be back in the company of our friends Eddie and Gail.  We had a great afternoon exploring the town (looking for a CVS that filled prescriptions...no joke, the first two we entered did not) and ended up at the southernmost point of the continental U.S.  We plan to leave tomorrow and buddy boat to the Dry Tortuga Islands. It’s going to be super fun to share the wonderful experiences of Dry Tortuga with them.  

I wanted to get a quick post out before we left, since we will be out of cell range for the next week.

Hope everyone enjoys a beautiful sunset...wherever you are!