For the past few days we have been scooting around Biscayne Bay, having some great sails and stocking up on groceries and supplies – seems like we are always out hunting and gathering to provide for the family. At the moment we are back at the Crandon Park marina, this time at a slip because it is a low cost and good location and a strong arctic front is coming in. Walking around the docks here we can see the bottom in the fairly clear water. Lots of fish swimming around down there to see. And then last evening Christopher and I were out checking them out and then there it was - SHARK! (oops I forgot to precede this with “Grandma, please skip this section to the next paragraph…”) It was very cool and swam by us for two passings. It was about a five foot nurse shark, which is not a person-eating variety (if you are reading this Grandma!). There is also a resident barracuda we have seen a number of times. Then this morning while I was chatting with some other folks here Christopher was observing in the same area and as we joined up he said “I saw a ray.” Cool again! “Show me” I said and when we got back to the spot there was a ray swimming around. Now if that wasn’t cool enough, while we were sailing on the Bay we saw a sea turtle. With the water so clear in that area it was easy to see all its markings and then it dove down and we sailed on. Our latest thing is to start fishing here. Today was our first day and we caught 3 off the back of the boat. They were small ones (Lane Snappers we think) but it was still exciting!
Being in this area has also meant meeting up with other interesting humans. We have met some other boats who we have come to know from other parts of our journey – Chocobo, Icongnita and Abraxas. And then there is Kevon and Debbie who live on their boat at the marina and drove us to the city to shop and then came over in the evening to swap sailing stories. Having had our share of mishaps as new sailors on this journey it is comforting to hear about those of well seasoned sailors!
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