We finally made it to Key West, which is the furthest southwestern we were going. It took us 6 weeks to get here mostly because of the weather delays we encountered along the way plus the several scheduled layovers here and there.
We have been to Key West before several times but never arriving by boat! The marina that we were finally able to get some reservations for (Key West Bight Marina) is close to everything. After getting settled from what we thought to be a stressful docking, not knowing the marina and having a hefty wind blowing, we didn't realize that we had "friends" watching! Bob (ICW Bob) and Ann are just across from us and new friends, Andy and Sharon (ex DeFever owners) were right in front of us. So, cocktail hour aboard Summer Breeze the next evening.
And at least we fooled them with what they thought was a perfect docking! We had wind and current and a tight area in which to turn this heavy under powered beast in. We safely landed once again under the hands of the master captain, Bruce.
Sunrise on Saturday March 14, leaving Marathon on the outside, Hawk Channel route. Yes, both Bella and Rosie had special laced peanut butter treats before the journey.
All is good!
We arrived into the channel of Key West and see a huge cruise ship hoping that there aren't any travelers aboard but there was! Apparently this was the last cruise ship allowed to dock here.
Summer Breeze in front of the catamaran, safely and securely tucked in.
View from the deck of Summer Breeze of the restaurants at the end of the dock. We are a couple of short blocks from Mallory Sq and Duval Street.
Mallory Square sunset on Saturday night. We had to. We have been self quarantined (really because of the wind) on the boat for 6 weeks! We are needing some walking and socialization! We walk to the Mallory Sq and it is busy but not near as crowded as we have seen in the past.
We don't have much hand sanitizer but we do have a bunch of clorox wipes so off we go with them. Of course we did not think to wipe off my phone from the nice young lady who offered to take our photo. Hopefully the wine in our cups helped with the disinfecting. Right?
As before, Mallory Square sunset did not disappoint! We actually did see a green flash. Well, not a flash for real but a green haze that appeared right after this last sunset photo for a split second! This is our second green flash ever! We saw a true green flash in Hawaii many years ago.
Duval Street corner. yes, lots of poeple out walking.
In the mean time, Rosie is painting, Bruce is getting caught up on ER work and reading. We take early morning walks when the rest of Key West is still asleep. We have gone out to dinner twice but after the rush when there aren't any tables around us and other wise, we are still pretty much sequestered on the boat. Not what we planned for the Key West part of the trip and our timing is the worst, but it is what it is. We are doing our best to not put ourselves in a bad situation. And it is hard as Key West does not know about the Corona Virus. Well, that's not really true. We learned today that many places are closing, like the museums, the free bus trolley, the play house, the 7 mile bridge run is canceled, etc...., just not the bars and restaurants. Yet. Nor the tour sunset boats! There are at least 7 that go out from our marina! Spring Break seems to be in full swing here.
We are scheduled to be here through Saturday morning then we head north to Ft Myers which will take 2 days going across the Gulf of Mexico.
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