The weather was nice yesterday so we left our mooring in Boot Key Harbor and sailed about 13 miles down the Hawk Channel to Bahia Honda Key. There is a State Park there and you can anchor between the new and old overseas highway bridges. The protection there is pretty minimal so you need to have a good forecast before deciding to stay overnight. We explored the park and walked the beach and took a dinghy ride into the mangroves where we spotted a pelican rookery. Enjoyed a quiet night on the hook with no generators! The sunset was pretty spectacular as well. The original railroad bridge was directly on the concrete pilings. The rickety looking superstructure was added to accommodate cars making the bridge both higher and wider. It sure looked flimsy as we passed through a section which had been removed to accommodate boat traffic.
We are now back "home" in Boot Key. We leave for Key West on Wednesday where we become dirt dwellers for a few days.
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