El Dorado!

Day #28: The ICW between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami is like Venice's Grand Canal--without the quaintness, ancient structures and gondolas. Actually it's a very scenic, narrow waterway chock-a-block with houses and condos. We must be in south Florida because for the first time since leaving Maryland the translucent blue-green water is clear enough to see the white sandy bottom.

For Spanish Conquistadors El Dorado was a fabled golden city--while never found, those who looked were sure it was just over the next mountain or around the next river bend. Today we arrived at our El Dorado, aka Miami. Ok, so it may lack the majesty, but hey, by aiming our sights lower, we actually found it!

When we started this trek 28 days ago, the goal was to be in Miami for the book fair that starts tomorrow. Now we're at anchor just 1-1/2nm southeast of the mark. 31nm today and 1116nm total.