BIMINI, HERE WE COME!

Yes, our fridge is packed, the two freezers are full, the pantry has no more room. We have enough wine and rum on board for our 4 weeks of guests. We drove our car to Stuart, Florida to put it in storage, this is on the East Coast. We then rented a car to drive back with. We are now on the hook anchored in the Keys. Our journey has began. Our water maker is making water right now. All is peaceful (for now!).

Testing our water to make sure it is ready for drinking and showering. 

A Cruise RO system, brand new.

Our boat Time Out is registered in Canada as Time Out VI.... there are five other Time Out boats registered in Canada. Each name is unique. To be legal, we had to add a bit more lettering to our boat on the back. Marco Island, FL had to be taken off and in it's place.....

Yes we also stuck a Canada flag sticker! We are now legal.

We travelled about 85 miles today out in the Gulf of Mexico to get to Long Key area here in the Florida Keys. This was not a leisurely drive at all. There were crab pots everywhere. We could be travelling along for half an hour and then boom!!.... about 20-50 pots to navigate through. The auto-pilot gets turned off and Paul steers by hand like an obstacle course. Then the auto-pilot goes back on and we are good for a short time before another cluster of pots are upon us. These crab pots have coloured floaters attached, some are quite visible, bright orange or white but most are the same colour as the water, blue or grey. We were the only boat around but if someone from above was looking down, they would see a boat swerving alot! Always we had eyes on the water ahead. We left at 8am this morning and anchored at 5:30pm this evening, so a very tiring day for us.

Tomorrow off to Key Biscayne area near Miami. The internet should be much better as the two pictures on this post took me 22 minutes to upload. Patience is a virtue! So, more pictures will come.

Did you know that the Florida Keys have never reported frost! I like that!