Burdines Marina, Marathon, to Lignumvitae Key - March 19

We got back to the boat with our son Greg about 1:30 a.m. this morning. Went straight to bed, but we didn’t sleep in very late. Darrell did some work on the engine while Beth showed Greg a little more of the islands before turning in the car.

We noticed this sign while waiting to leave the dock.

We took on water and fuel and left about noon. The wind was still blowing hard and the first half-mile or so was very difficult. The water was very rough and the boat was really rolling and tossing about. Finally, we were able to turn and the ride got much smoother.

We will be making our way up to Miami. We have a slip reserved for Saturday night at Miamarina at Bayside. It is a very pretty area. We were there few years ago when some friends of ours were down for the Miami Boat Show.

We arrived at Lignumvitae Key at 4:45. It is a State Park and offers free moorings. We were able to get one. Flank steak for dinner!