Monday, May 6, 2013

In by Noon

Day #15:  One of our cruising mottos is 'In by dark'.   Today we came up with a variant that we like even better, 'In before noon'.  And so it was at 10:52 am that we dropped the hook on the east side of Little Crawl Key.   The entire Key is a state park called Curry Hammock.   The entrance is a bit tricky but once you're inside the little bay it's both well protected and scenic.  

The kayaks came down and we explored the length of the bay.  While the bay's north end appears to be a dead end it, there's actually a little mangrove canopied stream that carries on for quite a way.  Today's picture is of Bicki in the wilds of the Key. 

It's a bit ironic that while Curry Hammock feels like it's a long way from civilization, it's not.  We can clearly hear US 1 highway noise.   Fact is, it's hard to get too far away from that 128 mile strand of tarmac that stretches between Key West and Key Largo.  The blue dot in the picture below is where we're anchored.  US 1 runs across the top of the picture. 

It was an east 13nm underway today but it upped out total to 246nm.  Happy to be on the hook and (almost) by ourselves.    DBH.