The trip was wonderful in all respects and the end is bittersweet..I'm glad to be back but already missing the voyage.
I found that i enjoyed the ICW part more than the ocean part, and i believe it was becauseon leaving Charleston I felt a pressure to get to Miami as soon as possible. The most important lesson I learned is that this is all about the voyage, not the destination and I can't enjoy it if I feel I have to be someplace at some time....The next time I"m offshore I'll try and make it a point to forget about where I have to be an enjoy the moment...The negative of that however is that more time spent offshore increases the odds of bad weather which is at best tiring and uncomfortable...so perhaps, at least for coastal travel, the right thing is to simply stay on the intracoastal!
We'll see.
The Dinner Key Marina is excellent. It is a well designed, well maintained facility (especially considering that it is a city run facility) the staff is helpful and neighbors on the surrounding boats are friendly
The Marina has two parts.
One part has over 300 slips, all of good size, with wide piers and very wide fairways that make it easy to maneuver
Notice the Miami skyline in the distance
The other part is a mooring field, with over 300 mooring balls
Mooring is cheaper, with more privacy but you have to dinghy ashore. Slips are more expensive with less privacy, but you can just walk down the dock to town or to the bath house.
There is a "Fresh Produce" supermarket located 10 minutes from the Marina by foot. It much resembles a "Whole Foods"
Molli and I are going to Madison for thanksgiving and then to Miami on December 11 for the weekend and again on December 29 for a week. I'm anxious to get back to the boat
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