As always my days are beginning to run together. I'm not quite sure if that is due to age or the fact of moving around on a regular basis. I'd like to guess the later.

We had a great ride down to Miami on the ocean. The waves were about the same as from Lake Worth to Fort Lauderdale but they were not confused. When they come at you with steady rhythm it is more comfortable. We came into Government cut and followed Interlude to an anchorage we have not been in before. It was very protected and next to spoil islands that now house the rich and famous. I'm always amazed at how we Americans can take dredge material from the bottom of the waterway and make islands out of it.

We spent a day and a half anchored at South Beach Miami. The day we arrived the sun was shining and warm. The second day was cloudy and raining off and on. The day we arrived we went for a dinghy ride but for the most part stayed on our boats and visited with Tom and Cathie. The second day we went to shore. Cathie and I went to the laundry and Tom and Larry hung out til it was time to come and retrieve us. We then went back to shore for a walk and some lunch. The picture is of the four of us at an outside cafe. From left to right Tom, Cathie, me (Gail) and Larry. The sky was threatening and we didn't stay long at shore. In fact it started to rain on us as we were dinghing back to our boats.

This picture taken from the anchorage is of the spoil island Hibiscus in the foreground and the city of Miami in the background. Off to the right is a monument to Flagler. It resembles the Washington Monument in Washington, DC but it has statures around the base.

This is a closeup of the Flagler monument as we were leaving the anchorage this morning.

This is a picture of one of the two boats we saw on our way to Key Biscayne this morning. There is to be a Christmas boat parade tonight. In fact we had planned to anchor in one of our favorite spots today but were told that at 5 PM we would be told to leave because of the parade. We decided not to stay if we would have to leave. We back tracked to Nixon Beach to anchor, tomorrow we will go to our favorite spot, No Name Harbor.

Boats are coming in to anchor where we are so We hope we have a front row seat for the parade. Cathie and Tom have joined us on our boat for wings and a visit.