Saturday, March 31, 2012

Saturday March 31: Leaving Banana Bay

It was an rather uneventful final week at Banana Bay - mostly getting everything ready to travel again. It's very different sitting in one place for two months as it is traveling 30 - 50 miles each day. Peter and Cheryl on Against the Wind vacated their slip on Tuesday 3/27 and anchored out off shore of our marina for a "test run" of systems. Of course there were still the getting together for sunset and dinner most nights - with them arriving by dinghy.
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Steve in the meantime, decided to try out his new air hose. This is a 60 foot hose that attaches to one of our dive tanks and basically allows him to dive without having to lug a tank around on his back. Downside of course is he is limited to 60 feet! This is plenty for him to clean the bottom of the boat (scrap and brush barnacles and growth). His comment when he was done: next time we'll hire someone to do this!
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One last job for me: change the fuel filter. Thanks to the nice little door cut into the aft cabin, this was a very minor job. Without the little door, a trip under the floor, with batteries removed to make room, would have been needed. What a great idea the little door was! Wonder who thought of that ..... Last sunset at Banana Bay - clouds so no green flash but we had seen 4 or 5 in the last few weeks. Off we went Friday morning. We'll be back next year - probably for Jan thru March.
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As we left, Peter and Cheryl weighted anchor and joined us as we left for a 35 mile trip to an anchorage in the Florida Bay. Nice place to spend the night - although the kayaking was rather uneventful. Against the Wind was anchored nearby.
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This morning we crossed over to the ocean side for the 30 mile run up to Key Largo (northernmost of the keys) to stay at the John Pennecamp State Park. The water is so wonderful on the oceanside with so many different shades of blue depending on the clouds, depth, and bottom covering. It was pretty wavy as we wanted to go out to the reefs to snorkel and fish but ended up not doing that because the ride would not have been very pleasant. Steve saved the day with my squeaky chair by using the silicone on it - what a difference :-)
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Tomorrow the winds are favorable for fishing for sure and hopefully a stop at one of the reefs for some snorkeling and/or diving. We'll anchor at the south end of Biscayne Bay if the weather holds.

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