We were awakened by thunderstorms and rain during the night but we had a pleasant sleep overall at Channel Key. We left after breakfast and headed up the intracoastal waterway passing by Islamorada and heading towards Key Largo through a series of cuts through the mangroves and between shallow banks. We arrived at Tarpon Basin and were surprised at the huge anchorage completely surrounded by mangroves providing good wind protection from all directions for the upcoming front. We only passed one anchorage filled with boats as it was adjacent to a free dinghy dock at a local watering hole.
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| Parasailing |
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| Flats fishermen |
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| Narrow cuts through the mangroves |
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| Mangrove islands with no sandy beaches |
We woke up to a line of thunderstorms and rain most of the morning. We contacted the Monroe Country free pump out boat and the captain arrived in the afternoon with his Cuban rescue dog. The captain called his canine crew his pirate one eyed wench or Wenchy. Even though the day was gray we had a nice breeze on the fly bridge and grilled out flatbread pizzas on our pizza stones.
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| Our pump out boat crew |
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| Great service with Wenchy on board |
We caught a gorgeous sunrise over Key Largo and decided to go ashore and walk over to the State Park. Unfortunately the government dock had no docking signs and there literally was no other place to land the dinghy on a sandy beach as it was all fenced off or mangrove shores.
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| Sunrise over Key Largo |
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| The landmark for the government building |
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| No dinghy tie up although there are sunk boats tied to rocks |
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