Marco Island-Marathon Key - Feb 1-3

Next up, The Keys! We departed Marco Island early Friday morning with a destination of either Cape Sable or Marathon. The waters were calm so the trip of 75 miles on the Gulf to Cape Sable was smooth. Upon pulling into the area where we intended to anchor out, the winds increased and Captain Wind Watcher didn’t like the protection. It was hard to leave the views of a huge private beach, but we knew we should continue on.  We traveled another 28 miles and by 4:30pm we pulled into an anchorage just north of Bahia Honda Key.

On Saturday we took the dinghy around Bahia Honda Key and stopped by Money Key. Money Key was a beautiful tropical “Gilligan’s Island” kind of place when we went by in 2015 on the Loop. Now, post Hurricane Irma, it is more of a desolate brush strewn Island with one single battered palm tree.

The next morning we moved to Marathon Marina located on the west end of Marathon Key. That afternoon we enjoyed a dinghy ride around Boot Key Harbor where hundreds of boats of a shapes and sizes moor for the winter. After being on the hook for 4 nights in a row, it was nice to have power, get on solid ground and watch the Super Bowl!

Sunset at Bahia Honda Key.

Passings thru the remains of the original 7 Mile Bridge.

Sunset Grill, our Super Bowl stop.

Super Bowl, Florida Keys style.