Key Windy West

After a wonderful beach day on beautiful Bahia Honda Key on Friday (I’m proud to say that I had to look at the calendar to figure out what day of the week we’re working with (va-caaa-toon!!)), we spent yesterday sailing, and arrived in Key West in the early afternoon.

Though we haven’t seen much of it yet, the glimpse we’ve had (cars! fast food! shiny things!) is a jarring contrast to Bahia Honda’s serene stillness. (Lily’s latest writing piece is about why its Sandspur Beach is the best so far- shallows forever made it seem like a giant bathtub, perfect for kadima, tooling around on the boogie boards, and apparently, potion-making (?!).)

The sail was easy and uneventful, and our cohorts even got a shot of us underway! (Mind the laundry- we’re multi-taskers at our best.)

We did some schoolwork, but mainly just clowned around to pass the time.

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Now we sit, in 20kts of northerly breeze, bopping around on the mooring and planning our attack on Key West. A brief entry yesterday introduced us to the laundry facilities and a nearby happy hour (the best way to do laundry!), but today we’ll take on Mallory Square, Duval Street and possibly the Botanical Gardens. Until next time!

Upon the very close inspection that this fearless pelican allowed, I have solidified my feelings on what strange dinosaurs these are. The goofy factor is HIGH.

2 thoughts on “Key Windy West”

Sam and Kayda forwarded your blog to us, good to see how you are doing! Looking forward to seeing how you like Key West. We are in Man O War, headed back to Fla this Thursday.

equinoxgardens@gmail.com says:

March 6, 2016 at 9:58 pm

Hi Dick and Toni!

How long will you be in Florida, and where?

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S-usan A-ndy L-ily (SAL) became SALVio when our Violet was born, both acronyms given to us by dear friends and fellow sailors. While I don't mind explaining its origin here, the assumed repetition of that story to explain our boat name is the reason we sail aboard Chickadee, and not Salvio. However, Salvio sails nonetheless. Having worked and lived aboard sailboats in the early years of our relationship, we knew that it was only a matter of time before we got back to floating. Our ten year plan really was just that, we're proud to say, and here we are, ten years after the itch began again, stealing away for as many winter months as our lives will allow.

About Chickadee.

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