Today after another 50 mile sail up the Hawk Channel we entered Biscayne Bay and the Miami area today.
Although we have sailed in Tampa and San Diego, this was our first 'big city skyline' landfall. Due to very early childhood memories of the Miami skyline from the Jackie Gleason show (who remembers that?) to Miami Vice, to CSI, the skyline here is dramatic, but very familiar in some way. In any event, even though we are not really city-folk, it was a spectacular sight (picture from the internet).
The Biscayne Channel that we used to enter the Miami area goes through the somewhat famous 'Stiltsville'. This is an area of Biscayne Bay where there are stilt-houses out over the water that people were able to build in the past. No one can build a new one, but I believe that owners of existing houses can continue to use them. Again after reading about them numerous times, it was neat to actually see them (picture from the internet).
A strong front is coming through on Sunday night and we wanted to get a mooring ball at the well protected Coconut Grove Sailing Club on arrival, but since there were none available, we took a mooring at the not-so-well-protected Dinner Key mooring field. Thankfully, a mooring ball opened up at CGSC and we moved over Saturday Morning.
Now we make final preparations and wait for a weather window for our crossing to the Bahamas.
Tom
Coconut Grove (Miami) FL
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