Excursions around Johnston Key were all about exploring the flat, shallow waters around the mangrove islets by dinghy. We spent a couple of days just slowly motoring or poling around the shallows and watching the plethora of inshore fish, small barracuda, small nurse sharks, and large sting rays swimming...
Articles for February 2017
Johnston Key
Heading out from Key West to the north side of the Keys in search of a backcountry anchorage, we were able to put up the sails right away and cut off the engine. It was really cool to ghost by the other boats, the historic water front, and the...
A Farewell to Cayo Hueso
It was nearing a month in the Key West mooring field, plus the month and a half we spent just prior in the Boot Key Harbor mooring field at Marathon, and we were more than ready to get out of the city. I love touring around interesting places, sampling...
A Couple Visits from Friends and Family in Key West!
In Key West, we also had our first visits from friends and family. Our friends Sherri and Cory came down for Sherri’s birthday via the Key West Express out of Fort Myers. How cool is that?! A few weeks later, these two crazy kids got engaged! Inspired by this...
SV Jade and the Broken Down Outboard
Back aboard Holiday, we also made some great friends in Key West. My favorite part of cruising! We spent some fun times with Ren, Ashley, and Ani that grabbed a mooring ball next to ours aboard their trimaran Jade. Apparently, we were having so much fun that we forgot...
15 Years Married!
Another special event that took place in Key West was our 15th wedding anniversary! We were back to our favorite street for restaurants, Petronia, and decided to check out Firefly for some gourmet Southern cooking. It was awesome! I had the meatloaf, and Lindy had the fried chicken. Sides...
Fun in Key West
Ashore in Key West we checked out all the usual pubs and restaurants in the area from our previous trips to Key West, as well as a few more, and did some of the other standard Key West activities like visiting Hemingway’s house (I’m still working on those short...
Arrival to Key West and the Mooring Field
We arrived to Key West in the early afternoon, tied up to our mooring ball without issue (we’re getting good at this stuff now!), and took the dinghy into the office to get checked in. Afterward, we headed the mile or so on foot to the famous old historic...