Somehow we ended up in Key West during Race Week. This is the week when 3000 sailors and their boats descend upon Key West for a week of sailboat races. The place is packed! And the harbor is full of boats! It's very interesting trying to get across the harbor in our tiny dingy with these big racing yachts swooping past us! There's not a slip to be found and Key West is full of yachtie types (you can spot them a mile away, just check out the shoes and the bags).
We're here because (surprise!) there's another cold front that we're sitting
out. The wind chill factor today, 36 degrees. Needless to say we're
wearing lots of clothes! But it's bright and sunny even if it is too cold
to go any place and there's certainly lots to watch when we brave the
elements on top (okay, now I am laying it on a bit thick!). We spent our
first night anchored off Wisteria Island, but it was a bit rolly - think of
sleeping in a hammock that someone will not stop pushing. So we've gone
around the back side of Key West and are tied up to a mooring ball which is
very nice because it's out of the way of the ocean swells and we've had
25-30 knot winds (remember - woowooowooo!), but being tied up to the ball we
don't have to worry about the anchor dragging in high winds.
We spent one day in Key West dropping off the laundry (I love wash, dry and
fold!), having lunch at Fogarty's and finishing our Christmas shopping.
Since we were down to our last cabbage, a fresh food restock was in order
along with a takeaway Chinese! Chinese and a movie (Too Wong Foo, Thanks
for Everything, Julie Newmar) - what a treat!
The weather gods keep sending cold fronts which are making the progress to
the Dry Tortugas difficult (we are NOT heading 75 miles out to sea in iffy
weather, thank you), but we're watching for a window which will enable us to
make progress in one direction or another. I really think all these fronts
are a message, we're supposed to be in the Bahamas and we're heading the
wrong way. Someone is trying to tell us something!
Since we can't make progress on that, we're on to something else. Friday
we're going deep sea fishing (if the weather permits) and we're going to
learn how to fish. We actually have all the gear, the rod, reel, lures, but
we haven't dared to put a hook in the water - what would we do with a fish
if we caught it?!! Once you catch them, you're supposed to eat them. We
love eating fish - it's the part between catching and eating that we're
having a bit of difficulty with - especially for Tidy Boy (everything must
be immaculate!) and Miss Clean Boat (I get irritated when we have sand in
the cockpit - fish guts, oh noooo!). Hopefully someone can show us the way!
We're here because (surprise!) there's another cold front that we're sitting
out. The wind chill factor today, 36 degrees. Needless to say we're
wearing lots of clothes! But it's bright and sunny even if it is too cold
to go any place and there's certainly lots to watch when we brave the
elements on top (okay, now I am laying it on a bit thick!). We spent our
first night anchored off Wisteria Island, but it was a bit rolly - think of
sleeping in a hammock that someone will not stop pushing. So we've gone
around the back side of Key West and are tied up to a mooring ball which is
very nice because it's out of the way of the ocean swells and we've had
25-30 knot winds (remember - woowooowooo!), but being tied up to the ball we
don't have to worry about the anchor dragging in high winds.
We spent one day in Key West dropping off the laundry (I love wash, dry and
fold!), having lunch at Fogarty's and finishing our Christmas shopping.
Since we were down to our last cabbage, a fresh food restock was in order
along with a takeaway Chinese! Chinese and a movie (Too Wong Foo, Thanks
for Everything, Julie Newmar) - what a treat!
The weather gods keep sending cold fronts which are making the progress to
the Dry Tortugas difficult (we are NOT heading 75 miles out to sea in iffy
weather, thank you), but we're watching for a window which will enable us to
make progress in one direction or another. I really think all these fronts
are a message, we're supposed to be in the Bahamas and we're heading the
wrong way. Someone is trying to tell us something!
Since we can't make progress on that, we're on to something else. Friday
we're going deep sea fishing (if the weather permits) and we're going to
learn how to fish. We actually have all the gear, the rod, reel, lures, but
we haven't dared to put a hook in the water - what would we do with a fish
if we caught it?!! Once you catch them, you're supposed to eat them. We
love eating fish - it's the part between catching and eating that we're
having a bit of difficulty with - especially for Tidy Boy (everything must
be immaculate!) and Miss Clean Boat (I get irritated when we have sand in
the cockpit - fish guts, oh noooo!). Hopefully someone can show us the way!
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