Day 227, March 29th, 2010
It took us a while to get the anchor up - it was firmly stuck down in the mud that morning! Always a good problem to have, considering yesterday's shenanigans!!! It was a lovely day again with lots of wind. We used half the jib and motor sailed up the ICW to Baker's Haulover Inlet where there is a lovely anchorage by Oleta River State Park on the one side and a campus of Florida State University to the other. We were able to tuck in out of the wind and it felt good. There were quite a few boats surrounding us but we still had adequate swing room.
We'd been here before 4 years ago and it was good to be back. We dinghied to shore and walked around the park. It was busy with Sunday picnicers. Families barbecuing and having fun.
The sky was overcast but the wind was warm. There were lots of children in the water at the beach and everybody was having a good time. There are lots of nature trails. A triathlon had been organized that morning. You can still rent kayaks and bikes from a site on the park grounds - it used to be an old shack but they've just finished a brand new smart building, where we found an ice cream each!! After exploring the park by foot we explored the shoreline by dinghy, meandering around the mangroves.
By evening many of the boats had upanchored and gone home, leaving us quiet and secure.
It took us a while to get the anchor up - it was firmly stuck down in the mud that morning! Always a good problem to have, considering yesterday's shenanigans!!! It was a lovely day again with lots of wind. We used half the jib and motor sailed up the ICW to Baker's Haulover Inlet where there is a lovely anchorage by Oleta River State Park on the one side and a campus of Florida State University to the other. We were able to tuck in out of the wind and it felt good. There were quite a few boats surrounding us but we still had adequate swing room.
We'd been here before 4 years ago and it was good to be back. We dinghied to shore and walked around the park. It was busy with Sunday picnicers. Families barbecuing and having fun.
The sky was overcast but the wind was warm. There were lots of children in the water at the beach and everybody was having a good time. There are lots of nature trails. A triathlon had been organized that morning. You can still rent kayaks and bikes from a site on the park grounds - it used to be an old shack but they've just finished a brand new smart building, where we found an ice cream each!! After exploring the park by foot we explored the shoreline by dinghy, meandering around the mangroves.
By evening many of the boats had upanchored and gone home, leaving us quiet and secure.
Oh yes! One funny thing - while sitting in the cockpit reading our books, a young couple came over to chat when they saw the Canadian flag. Apparently they were both raised in Canada but came down to Florida to work - both were members of the police force, he was a homicide detective and she was a CSI. We told them we'd been watching out for Horatio Kane's Hummer all the time we were in Miami but didn't see him. The young lady said she didn't have a Hummer but drove a van instead!! The young fella knew Collingwood well, having skied in Collingwood many times while his grandfather was alive! Small world!
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