Miami

Day 168, January 24th, 2010

Time to go to the library again. We left around 10:30 but when we got there the sign on the door said it didn't open till 1:00 p.m. We had some time to waste. There was a lovely farmers' market set up in the street where we bought some yummy French pastries and some Avocado Honey!!! There were lovely veggies and fruit too, but that just looked too healthy, and besides I had lots on the boat!!!

Then John and I walked up to the beach and along the promenade to Ocean Drive. Its a lovely walk, all along the back entrances to the hotels. Gorgeous swimming pools and patio areas, opening onto the beach. It would be fun to stay in any one of them. Windy but a lovely sunny day.

We spent all afternoon in the library, catching up with stuff, and then went home for supper.


Day 169, January 25th, 2010

We're going to be here a while it sounds. Chris Parker still reckons on one cold front following another!! No good for crossing to the Bahamas.

Miserable day today. It rained heavily. I was chicken and stayed on the boat all day, reading my excellent book. John went off to buy us a wifi booster so we could pick up wifi from the boat instead of having to go to the library all the time. He tried to order a really good one on line but they were all back ordered. So, instead he went to Radio Shack and bought a different kind. He was able to get us hooked up in the evening though. We're hoping this will be better and more convenient.

Around 5:00 p.m. after he got back, there was quite a north wind so we decided to move the boat around the causeway to the south side of the bridge. It was more sheltered there and we were glad. Probably would have been just fine where we were though since it was quite difficult to get the anchor up. Paul and Sue decided to stay put.