
Dinghy Drama in Key West - We retreat to Bimini!
We make our way back to Key West, and civilization ,for the first time in about ten days! Before anything else, Brent and Wes had to take care of some business...and barely made it out alive. LOL! We explored Wisteria Island, which is kind of a local hippie hang out. And we got to visit with about half of Brent's family. They had all made plans to come down to Key West before we bought the boat, and we just happened to be down here at the same time! We had our first drama at the dinghy dock. Brent got yelled at by the dock master for picking up and dropping off his "charter guests" at the courtesy dock, and told him he needed to rent a boat slip. Which I completely understand, if he was actually a charter captain and making money, but in in reality it was completely the opposite. Anyhow, after all the aunts and uncles and cousins packed up and started back home, Brent's mom and dad packed up and left us too. So for the rest of the trip it is just us and the kids. We start making our way back up the coast and end up having the worst day on the boat to date!! Now I know any seasoned sailor is going to laugh me right off the boat when they see the conditions I'm calling "rough!" I realize it was not "that bad" and yes it gets "so much worse." But, this was a good first bad day for us. First of many I'm sure! We are still brand new at this and learning so much with each new situation. Every bad day and new obstacle we overcome, just builds our confidence. Pretty soon, we are going to look like Lt. Dan screaming at the hurricane "You will never sink this boat!!" ? We finally get to Bimini and very quickly realize what all the fuss is about! We have never seen water this clear and blue before. Next level blue. Bahama Blue. ?
