Had an interesting conversation with our slip neighbor at Pelican Harbor this morning. He left Boston two years ago to make a living here in Miami--as a treasure hunter. Not by diving on spanish galleons but with a metal detector in front of South Beach hotels. His is modern treasure and, as he tells it, is constantly being replenished by Miami's bling-laden. A three carat diamond ring tops his finds and he knows roughly where a $500K necklace was lost. There sure are a lot of ways to earn a living.
Friends told us that the Miami River, which has a 5 mile long navigable portion, is a blast to tour. How right they are. The river starts right downtown. Think gleaming skyscrapers, palm trees, and yachts everywhere. Slowly the scenery transitions until at the end the river it's chock-a-block with freighters. Old, tired freighters; rust buckets. What's amazing is that the freighters can even navigate in this, at times, very narrow river.
Tonight we're anchored in a big bay just west of South Beach and being dazzled by the lights of Miami. 19nm today and 390nm thus far. DBH.
