Florida Keys

 After leaving Key West we stopped at Looe Key 

and did some snorkeling and diving

The reef there was in pretty sad shape compared to when I used to dive there

decades ago.  But still had quite a few sharks which is probably a good sign

We then tied up at a friends dock in Marathon.

We were planning on staying about 2 days but had 20-25 knot winds

from the east so ended up staying almost a week!

To get to their dock we had to twist and turn up canals for over a mile

Can't get much more protected than that

Then headed on up north east

Beautiful sunrise over the Florida Keys

I lucked out and got to practice removing line off the propeller 

like I'm sure we will have to do in Maine with all the lobster traps

I leave the transmission in reverse while sailing but still caught some line

Didn't notice it until we turned the engine on

( I'll probably wear a wet suit in Maine though)

(and I am sort of joking about the lucked out part, got plenty of practice in SE Asia)

Miami. !!

Almost made it to our dock in Fort Lauderdale