Day 137, Year 10: Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Weather: Sunny and WARM, Winds Light and Variable
Location: No Name Harbor, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, FL
It was a wonderful day. We motored across Biscayne Bay to show Detta and Tom the stilt houses we discovered a couple of weeks ago and then we entered No Name Harbor in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. We visited here by land a few weeks ago and today we ‘officially’ visited via boat. We anchored in somewhat crowded conditions and then we headed to shore to take a walk to the tip of the island. On the way Detta had us using our “wide awake writer’s eyes” and we immediately spotted the green iguanas sitting on the rocks looking out into the bay. We also spotted a bright green iguana or lizard climbing a tree—haven’t been able to identify him as yet. We walked on down to the tip of the island and admired the lighthouse and renovated ( historical purposes) Lightkeepers home. From there we walked back to the main picnic area, came too close to a raccoon in a trash can, and then went down to the beach to sit and swim. Actually only Tom went swimming and Mark waded in the water while Detta and I talked. We all ate our apples, watched the sea gulls right in front of us wanting our apples, and then headed out for the walk home. We walked back via a nature trail where we saw wild poinsettias and zebra longwing butterflies (Heliconius charitonia). We stopped at the Boater’s Grill to have a beer, went back to Windbird to let Mark and Tom take showers, and then headed back to the Boater’s Grill for dinner. We all had shrimp, either Creole-style or scampi, and a bottle of wine before heading back to Windbird where we enjoyed the evening in the cockpit. It was a relaxed, wonderful day and we’re looking forward to another tomorrow.
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