We left Boca Chita Key on Friday the 13th , bound for Dinner Key where they have mooring balls. We needed to hunker down for 2 reasons: 1) we were just south of Miami and a lot of boaters would be out on the weekends, and 2) winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour were forcasted. That meant 6 to 9 foot waves on the ocean side. So, we got to Dinner Key and anchored on a mooring ball. Ashore is Coconut Grove, a very well tuned modern Florida community with art galleries, shops, great restaurants. We toured around Coconut Grove (first pic) and then headed back to the boat. That night, the weather turned with the high winds. As I am writing now, the winds are 25 to 30 mph. The 2nd pic shows our mooring on Dinner Key. The next 2 pic shows me bilging out the dinghy and checking the mooring lines in the high winds. More about this tomorrow.
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