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Miami – A Last Glimpse Back at the Skyline
Leaving Miami Behind!
We departed Fort Lauderdale today to cruise through Miami to our end destination, Hurricane Harbor, an anchorage Jim found off Key Biscayne Island. So, we left a multitude of cruise ships in our wake in the wide expanse of Port Everglades before we entered the narrower part of the ICW heading to Miami. It’s an exciting area to cruise through with the beautiful homes lining the waterway, yachts of every shape and size, and finally the towering buildings of Miami. If you happen to be cruising by at sunset, even better. We left Miami behind us as we entered Biscayne Bay.
Bridge after bridge lines the ICW in the Miami area. Luckily, Kismet fits under most of them.
As you can imagine the waterways around Miami are full of boats of all shapes, sizes, and kinds. The water is constantly roughed up by all the boating activity. It’s really exciting to cruise through this area and see the variety of vessels to gawk at along with the stunning Miami skyline. We left it all behind us as we headed out into Biscayne Bay.
The sun was starting a quickening descent as we headed out into Biscayne Bay. The water was just starting to lay down and a salty mist hung around us in the air, adding to the magnificent sunset. It’s amazing how long the skyline of Miami remained in sight as we got farther and farther away from it. Looking forward, we could see an open expanse of water in front of us and many, many boats passing us by as they return to the big city after a day well spent relaxing on the water. Hurricane Harbor is our designated anchorage for the night, we have never been there before, and can’t wait to see what it’s like.
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Dear Jim and Lisa
What a GREAT blog! One feels that they are sharing the adventure with you as we read through your engaging vignettes. My wife and I live in South Florida. Like you, I sort of grew up on boats, starting with a little Sunfish that dad purchased for our family back in the early 60’s. I am enamored by the Ranger Tug line and hope to do the great loop in a Ranger 29 after retiring in about 5 years.
One little note about local terminology. Key Biscayne is an island, Biscayne Bay is a body of water. I do not believe there is such a thing as “Key Biscayne Bay”, although the term seems to appropriately describe a Bay on Key Biscayne. I think what you are referring to would be called simply “Biscayne Bay” locally, because there are many other islands that front on Biscayne Bay besides Key Biscayne.
PLEASE continue to fascinate, uplift and edify with your wonderful blog series! There are many of us out here who long to live the dream you are showcasing!
Sincerely
Chip Southerland
Miami Shores, FL.
Chip, thank you so much for the note. The Ranger Tugs R29 will make an excellent Great Loop boat. We did the Loop twice, it is quite an adventure. Check out our Great Loop Blog Favors Great Loop Blog when you get a chance. I am in the middle of updating it to be mobile friendly, so it is a little unorganized at the moment, but you can still read the posts.
Thanks for the heads up on that error on Key Biscayne. I will fix it right now. Like to be correct in our posting and probably referred to a map or chart that was not accurate.
Again, thanks for taking the time to let us know the blog is interesting or helpful to you. It makes all the work worthwhile.
Cheers, Lisa Favors