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2005 Cruise through the Florida Keys

Luxury homes along ICW
Luxury homes along the ICW

Luxury boats along the ICW
Luxury boats and condos

Luxury boat and home
Beautiful boat and home

The bane of the ICW in southern Florida
Encountering many bascule bridges

Ft Lauderdale
The "Cruising Capitol of the World" - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Tugs helping carrier leave port
Navy (small) carrier heading to sea - Ft. Lauderdale inlet

Miami, Florida
Miami piers with cruise ships

Biscayne Bay
Leaving Miami behind - heading south on Biscayne Bay

Mangrove trees
Cut through mangrove forest in northern Keys ICW

Sunset at anchor
Sunset at anchor in Tarpon Basin after lay day due to high winds

Crossing over at Channel Five
Looking back at Channel Five Bridge - crossing to Hawk Channel (ocean side)

Anchored for night at Big Pine Key
Sunrise on the ocean at Big Pine Key

Mangroves propagating
Mangroves propagating along channel to Boca Chica Marina

Travelling companions
Julie and Khepera awaiting dinner

12 miles west of Key West on way to Dry Tortugas
Sunset at anchor at Boca Grande Key (west of Key West)

Dolphin Escorts enroute to Dry Tortugas
Company heading to Dry Tortugas

Ft Jefferson south side from channel
Fort Jefferson on Garden Key (Dry Tortugas)

Ft Jefferson seaplane taxiing for takeoff
One mode of transportation to Garden Key

Ft Jefferson & The Yankee Cat
Power catamaran to and from Key West (larger of the two)

Seaplane taxiing past Sanderling after landing
Seaplane taxis past Sanderling on way to beach

Ft Jefferson pier
Fort Jefferson pier from anchorage

Ft Jefferson interior
Interior of Fort Jefferson

Ft Jefferson showing entrance and moat looking SE
Entryway and moat looking SE

Ft Jefferson inside showing living quarters
Another interior view

Ft Jefferson interior with Loggerhead Light in background (19K)
Interior of fort with Loggerhead Key and light in background

Garden Key harbor with Sanderling
Sanderling and Why Knot in anchorage

2005-01-07 View to NE
Bush Key and Long Key (far right)-looking NE from fort

2005-01-07 Sanderling through fort gun opening
View through lower-level gun port

2005-01-07 Moat wall from interior fort Loggerhead Key light behind
View of moat's outer wall on SE side of fort

2005-01-07 33 Garden Key looking NE to Bush and Long Keys
Looking NE from top of fort

2005-01-07 38 Two fishing boats tied stern to
Two fishing boats at fort's anchorage stern-to

2005-01-08 01 Sanderling at anchor)
Sanderling at anchor looking toward Fort Jefferson

2005-01-09 05 Sunset from Boca Grande
Heading back - sunset at Boca Grande Key

2005-01-10 09 Fishing trawler entering Safe Harbor Key West
Fishing trawler entering Safe Harbor on Stock Island

2005-01-10 05 Fishing trawler leaving Robbies boat yard area
Trawler departing Safe Harbor (Stock Island)

2005-01-12 05 Sanderling haulout prop and shaft
Sanderling haulout - starboard shaft separated from transmission coupler

Not Hemingway's hideaway - just the same name

Huge Banyan (Fig) tree

Cruise ships at Mallory Square
Cruise ships at Mallory Square

Key West rooftops from light house

Key West fauna

Key West entertainment

Smuggler's Cove Marina on Snake River

Dolphin Research Center at Grassy Key

Heron and pelicans at Smuggler's Cove Marina

Free dock at Lignum Vitae Key (4.5 feet deep)

Walkway from dock to original house

Bob and Judy at Lignum Vitae Key

Lignum Vitae Key nature walk

Sunset at moorings - Lignum Vitae Key

Meeting sailing cat - heading to Marathon

Marathon - marina

Flamingo, Florida - Sanderling in slip

Flamingo nature walk - fresh water alligator

Flamingo - salt water crocodiles sunning

Little Shark River anchorage in late afternoon

Locking through on Okeechobee Waterway

Following tug through the I-95 bridge near St. Lucie

Approaching Mathers Bridge on the Banana River, a few miles from "home"