I Left My Heart...

Last night we were really glad to be on a mooring ball, this picture shows the heart shaped sunset just before the nightly thunderstorm. The storms have been frequent and fairly severe, and we're discovering the big difference between mooring ball sleep and at anchor sleep. We really liked Boot Key Mooring Field, nice people, laundry, a project room with big tables where I cut out shade cloth pieces for the cockpit to keep out the frying sun. We walked to Home Depot and the grocery store and did some stocking up, mostly shade cloth and cat litter.

We left Marathon this morning, 6:19, sharp. (You know how military guys are about everything being 'sharp'. ) We actually got to sail a good portion of the way! We just put down the anchor in Key Largo, off Rodriguez Key. I never imagined, growing up in North Dakota, that I'd sail into someplace from a Beach Boys song. Although, I have stood on a corner in Winslow Arizona, different group. Steve has rigged the second anchor in preparation for tonight's storm. We have a cold beer and are planning homemade pizza for dinner. Once again, Hjlmr and Nanni did a wonderful job of getting us here.

25 deg 03.539N

80 deg 26.915W