Posting this to create some awareness for other cruisers and M/V Close Knit. See the attached video that they filmed while anchored in Sunset Lake, Miami, Florida. Visit their blog to let them know about your experiences and show them some support.
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A Month in Marathon, FL
A month spent in Marathon, Florida snorkeling, owl spotting, strolling the docks, and watching the bed races. Annie got a daily walk around the back nine of the golf course. There is a 1 1/2 mile road around the course and we walked it daily. Not much traffic and there were lots of interesting houses, plants and other people and dogs walking, jogging and biking also. The daily highlight was the Owl count. Alongside one of the holes there were a pair of Burrowing Owls. Almost every morning there were two Owls standing beside the burrow. Sometimes only one, most days two and then one day one flew off and another one popped up out of the ground so there were three that day.
Longboat Key
The anchor held and we stayed put all night. We tugged further north on the ICW toward Tampa Bay. The weather was sunny, winds were light 6 knots out of the Northwest. The Florida waterways are very well marked. We saw a loggerhead turtle, a Loon, and our first Manatee since we left CT.
Margaritaville!
We are in Key West, and boy does it live up to its reputation as a drunken party town! We arrived yesterday evening, and walked to the “hot” street, Duval St. So many open-air bars with live music, T-shirt shops, bars, souvenir shops, bars, and yes, Ji…
