It Warmed Up a Bit!

Weather: We enjoyed sunshine again today! The wake up temperature in the bubble was 35 degrees and it warmed to a balmy 81 degrees by 1500 hours. It was even comfortable outside the bubble for several hours. We observed several people sunbathing on shore. The wind was out of the northeast at less than ten knots all day. All in all, it was a comfortable day1

Comment: We have set the stage for our entry to the Keys tomorrow! We’re only 36 miles from Richenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne and Biscayne Bay and the northern most keys.

For today, we made it through a maze of bridges, seventeen in all. We have to wait at most of them for anywhere from five to thirty minutes for the openings. They tend to slow our progress but we were able to do almost 45 miles anyway. We were surprised by the number of boats on the waterway. We thought most other boats were either in the Keys or the islands by now.

During the course of our travels today, we saw three manatees and a dolphin, not to mention an assortment of shore birds. At one point, we observed about fifty vultures soaring and roosting in trees.

After setting the anchor, Anna Marie talked on the phone and made dinner while I worked on the logbooks. We’ll probably watch a DVD before hitting the sack.