We left Marco in choppy waters, but it eventually smoothed out and we rolled out the sails! We traveled to a beautiful anchorage in Indian Key (Russell Bay) in the Everglades. Since strong winds were predicted, the captains decided to put out two anchors. While setting anchor #2, we backed over the first anchor line and it wrapped itself thoroughly around the prop. It was a chilly, windy day, but we greased the captain and poked him into his wetsuit (which had shrunk considerably over the past few years). He received a new hookah (sorry, kids, it's for diving) for Christmas, and got a chance to try it out! Thankfully, his dive was successful and no damage was done to either the prop or the line. He did, however, mention a few more new nautical terms.
We went by dinghy into Everglades City the following day, and it was quite an adventure. Since Serendipity's dinghy was incapacitated (floor leaking air), we all rode in Optimystique's dinghy. It's always nice to have a limo and driver, but it makes it a little hard to plane -- we were all drenched by the time we got back from our ride, but still had a good trip (4 miles each way). We walked around the town (which took about 6 minutes), visited the Rod and Gun Club (gorgeous structure), and had lunch in a restaurant that had exactly 2 beers and 4 pieces of Key Lime Pie left. Gotta get there early! Our waitress was very nice, and I bet she would've been even nicer if she'd heard anything we said....
We left Russell Bay to head for Little Shark River (famous for mosquitoes and no-see-ums) to hide from some severe storms. It was another beautiful anchorage, and thankfully it was cold and windy enough to minimize the buggage. We had good protection from the storm, and left after two days for Cape Sable. It was a bumpy day and a pretty bumpy anchorage, but the full moon was absolutely gorgeous and William and POJ saw the green flash at sunset.
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