Leaving Boot Key Harbor

 

It’s been a full week getting ready to leave the harbor. Lots of last minute projects (paint and varnish) and many people to say goodbye to. We had the family from Madison Lynn Scott (that's their boat's name) over for dinner and I'm not sure what they thought of the upside down cake!

 Anna had several gals that she needed to give haircuts to and of course last minute trips to the store.

 Finally, the water tanks were fill, the bikes folded and put away and Edie ran ashore for the last time. That's when I found this little gecko waiting for his picture to be taken.

 

We had one nice day during that last week so we took 2 other couples out to Looe Key reef to do a bit of snorkeling.

There was a bit of excitement when I heard our boat name shouted out, it was Sun Dancer drifting by. His shift to his transmission had broken and he was adrift in the mooring field. I caught a line from his boat and tied him up to the back side of Snow Goose. In 10 min he had it fixed and was off for a sail.

 One final sunset and it was time for us to leave the harbor.

 

Then it was out to the Atlantic side of the Keys and with a left turn we headed north. We didn’t pass very many boats on the first day due to the fact that a huge thunderstorm system was due in the evening.  

The sailing was great and we made it to the anchorage just as the wind picked up and the temp dropped ahead of the storm. We plan to stay here in Angelfish Creek for a couple of days to let the cold front pass by before we head back out on the Atlantic to continue north.