Thursday, to Key West by Car

Bahia Honda State Park on the way to Wey West, note the seaweed piled up on the beach

The MV JB Magruder one of Mel Fishers treasure hunter boats, Mel Fisher discovered the wreck of the Atocha in 1992.
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Lunch at Stock Island's seafood market with the Boelitzs

Key West Land Yacht.

Today we drove the car down to Key West to see friends boating there, it is about 40 miles from Marathon. On the way we stopped at Bahia Honda State Park, it is a spot many cruisers stop at in their boats. The waters and beaches are very nice but this time of year there seems to be a lot of seaweed floating around and washing up on the beaches.

We stopped at Stock Island which is just North of Key West the Boelitz s who we had met in New iberia are there in their boat it is a 63 foot shrimp trawler they have converted to a cruising trawler. They left Louisiana in the fall and will be here a while longer before heading up the east coast. We had a nice visit and lunch with them.

Next we drove to Key West and parked the car for a walk down town it is very interesting we will be back there for a couple of days this weekend so will have more on it then.

At the Galleon Marina in Key West we stopped to see cruisers who we had met when they passed through Houma last fall on their way here from Texas. We had a nice visit with them on their boat at the marina before returning to Marathon.