Miami here we come!

Crew slept great last night, the anchor held really well and we barley moved all night. It was a super nice anchorage with a sandy bottom, it was protected from the winds as well.

We knew there was going to be some rain during our travels today so we kept a watchful eye on the radar. We traveled about 20 miles, and after assessing all of our options we decided it was best for us to drop the anchor and wait out the storm. Mike and Jen are becoming a great team when it comes to anchoring. The wind was at about 30mph with gusts around 50-60mph. It was little scary how dark it got. We were very nervous about our anchor holding with the crazy winds but luckily it did! Made that’ll teach us to trust our anchor lol

During the storm we heard a very loud bang. Jen went outside to investigate, our canopy had broke. The wind was so powerful it ripped a few of the zippers and one of the metal arms broke free. After the wind and rain stopped Mike and Jen went upstairs to fix the canopy, and the metal arm that broke free fell on Jen’s head. It was heavy enough and fell fast enough that is gave Jen a concussion.

Jen spent the rest of the day laying down with the dogs. She has had concussions before from when she played softball, so this is nothing new.

We raised the anchor and made our way to Miami. It was an easy trip and seeing the Miami skyline was very comforting after the storm.

Miami bridge operators are very rude… that is once they finally decide to answer on the radio. After making it through the bridges, we made it Bill Bird Marina and docked beautifully.