We pulled anchor and left at 8:15. We went through the Jewfish Creek liftbridge, the first of the many bridges we will need opened for us on our trip.
The weather was overcast with 20 knot winds gusting to 25. We took a lot of spray, even up on the flybridge. The forward berth got wet from the spray coming in the vent of the overhead hatch and through the anchor 
locker. This is probably the largest chunk of “open water” we’ll go through until the Great Lakes.
The maps show places like Lake Surprise, Blackwater Pass, Snake Point, Turkey Point, Dildo Key, Fat Deer Key, No Name Key, Midnight Pass and Featherbed Bank. It makes you wonder who came up with the names and why.
It’s hard to believe how shallow the waters really are here. The channel in parts of Biscayne Bay was very narrow and only 8-10 feet deep.
We dropped anchor in Key Biscayne about 1:30. Here are pictures some Optimist Dinghy races we saw. The captains were kids, probably ages 8-12.
This is the view from our anchorage.
