We left Key Biscayne Wednesday morning bound for Bimini. Worried that we wouldn't be able to complete the crossing in the daylight hours I dragged Nicole out of bed at 4 am. She pleaded for a few more hours of sleep but eventually accepted the fact that my mind could not be changed. When we made it to the Key Biscayne Channel at 4:30 I realized that the channel markers were not lit. We sat adrift inside Biscayne Bay until first light at 6:15 and I got a well deserved "I told you so."
The much anticipated gulf stream crossing was no problem at all. It was calm enough to row across. We hooked two large fish and one power boat along the way. All three of them got away with a lure. The most difficult part of the journey was the entrance to Bimini harbor. Charts show 12 feet but it has shoaled to 6 or 7 and only one out of the four entrance markers were present. We kept trying to guess what the different shades of blue and green meant in terms of depth, but we had no idea.
We spent Wednesday afternoon and Thursday clearing in and exploring the Island. Everyone is very friendly. I guess that is the way it is when you live on a small island.
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