Checked weather, checked again; seemed like a go. So with great excitement we moved from Dinner Key to Key Biscayne. Just a few miles from Miami and Dinner Key, Key Biscayne is lovely and worth a visit all by itself . We saw the beautiful schooner in the picture there. House isn't too bad either. This was a vacation spot for president Nixon and there is a little anchorage called Nixons with many boats. Key Biscayne also just off the Florida Channel which leads to the ocean and the Gulf Stream. We were so excited. We put the dinghy up on deck, stowed all stowables and set alarm for 6am. We wanted to be able to see and dawn is not until almost 7 down here. Hard to believe we would sleep till then without an alarm but we would. Went to bed with winds from the NE and had high hopes for SE maybe even SW by the time we awakened. Said goodbye to Miami and environs. Turned out we said goodbye a little too soon. Awakened to reports of NE wind forcast to become ESE the following day. Patience. Many decided to go but we elected to wait. Our last rides over the stream have been pretty wild and we were ready for a good crossing.
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