We had the most enjoyable evening sitting in the heavy breeze with jackets on on the flybridge until sunset with no bugs. It was a peaceful night and we left the next morning heading to Crandon State Park for diesel, water pump out and to dump garbage. The dock guy there was amazing and made it easy to walk the boat around from the fuel station to the pump out. The Customs and Border Patrol Boat followed us in and asked us friendly questions and then headed on. We made it under three drawbridges and followed a sailing catamaran under one more until we finally made it to Oleta River State Park. There is a sandbar on the other side of the channel where we always saw boats beached and wondered about this park so finally decided to check it out. There are no real cruisers, a few liveaboards and mostly stored boats filling up the huge anchorage. The kayak rentals were out and about. We dinghied around as one side is Florida International University campus. To reach the Oleta River you have to go back out on the intracoastal and turn in three miles later to reach the Blue Marlin Fish House which was too far to walk. With so much boat traffic in Miami, we are ready to move on.
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| Pink moon emerging |
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| Miami skyline at night from Nixon Harbor |
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| Heading under Rickenbacker Causeway |
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| Two cruise ships in port |
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| Ferris wheel at Hard Rock Cafe |
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| Sea plane landed looking towards our usual anchorage |
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| Slacker crew with no paddles |
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| Sandy beach but no spot to tie up dinghy |
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| Overlooking the anchorage |
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