We Aren't in Kansas Anymore, Toto!

We're currently in Key West. We arrived yesterday after an exciting downwind sail from Saddle Bunch Key Harbor. The weather forecast said the wind was suppose to be 18 in the morning and decrease to around 15 in the afternoon. So we waited until about 11 and took off. Guess what, the wind increased as we got closer and closer to Key West. We set only our head sail since we were going down wind and were doing 5 kts with that alone. Most of the time we have to have the main and the head sail to mak that kind of progress. When we arrived in Key West there was a cruise ship in town so things were pretty hectic. We decided to go into a marina again since we'd been at anchor for 4 days and needed water, needed to have the holding tank pumped and also needed to scrub some of the scum off our bodies. The rich and famous definitely make their way to Key West. The 120' motor yacht in the picture pulled in shortly after we got to the dock. It's from the British Virgin Islands and it makes our boat look like a dingy.

Got a haircut today, so don't look for a pony tail, which seems to be the fashion in Key West, when we get back to Bismarck. But I do feel 20 degrees cooler now. Marilyn continues to enjoy doing the laundry and I did my taxes on line today. So everything is not fun and games everyday. We're going to gradually start to work our way back north on Monday. (Once again if the weather cooperates). They're currently predicting southwest and northwest winds for Sunday and Monday. That's the direction we want to start to head north (really east) and it doesn't happen very often. Our current adventure today was to walk to the auto parts store looking for a thermostate for our diesel. They didn't have it and no one else did after we called around. I may have to wait until we get back to the Marathon area. They seem to have a lot of parts and supplies in that area.