Sunday, February 27, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Another Few Days in Miami
We are making a list of final things that we need to do before leaving for the Abacos. We are getting very excited.....taxes are filed, provisions have been stowed, I got my bloodwork results; all is good, we just need to get diesel fuel, do laundry, get pumped out, fill the water tank, and wait for the right weather conditions to make the crossing. Hopefully we will leave by the 1st week in March. The boat show was fun - glad it's over so we can stop spending money. We bought a new Mercury 6hp engine for the new dinghy, a block & tackle to hoist the engine, some marine soap and polish, a new cookbook, Wi-Fi Antenna, etc......The weather has been outstanding! We are still anchored in Sunset Lake.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Preparing to go to The Bahamas
We had planned to spend February in the Miami area; relaxin', and taking care of things like taxes, I needed to have some routine bloodwork, going to the boat show, and getting things ready for our trip to the Abacos. We plan to leave around the end of February and spend around 6 weeks there. Alot of our time has been spent anchored in Sunset Lake - it is a peaceful spot, well protected, and close to the dinghy dock. Yesterday, Valentines Day - we motored down to No Name Harbor to do laundry & pumpout the holding tank - how romantic! It took 8 hours to complete this task. On the way back to our spot, we stopped to say hi to "Grey Hound" - anchored by the Miami Yacht Club. We did recently buy ourselves a new camera; hopefully one that works reliably. Jim also celebrated another birthday on February 11th - we had a nice day beginning and ending with food! for breakfast, we went to the Bay Supermarket cafeteria for eggs, toast, french fries, 3/4 lb of bacon, and coffee for $5! For dinner we went upscale to the Sardinia restaurant for delicious scallops and lasagna.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Just Enjoying Miami & Biscayne Bay
It's hard to believe that 10 days have past since my last post. The weather here has been fantastic since the last cold front came through; high 70s and sunny. We stayed in Sunset Lake for a week and enjoyed south beach & Lincoln mall. One day we took a 4 mile dinghy ride through the Biscayne Canal, to Indian Creek, and all the way through the Collins Canal. On Monday we came back south to No Name Harbor for a pump out, and then went to Dinner Key to tie up to a ball for a couple of days. Got our mail there, explored Coconut Grove. The mooring field facility is pretty nice. Good showers, laundry, and launch service - $20.00 a day. Yesterday we left in the afternoon and met "Grey Hound" (friends Anne & Dick), in the middle of Biscayne Bay! We anchored by the Key Biscayne Yacht Club and dinghied over to the Boaters Grill in No Name for dinner.
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