KEY WEST! We made it to the farthest southern point of our trip! And, for that matter, it's also the furthest south piint in the United States.
What a difference in marinas compared to the last one we were in. In this picture, Nonchalance is that little bitty smudge directly behind the biggest megayacht in the center of the picture. We're actually about 100 yards behind it, but we're not such a big boat at all down here.
Here's the view from our aft deck. These boats are about our size.
Our marina (The Galleon) is located in the heart of the historic district and tourist district. We can walk to just about everything. We went out and walked part of it this afternoon. There are regular residential streets like this close to downtown.
And there are lots of tourist shops lining the main streets. Not only tourist shops, but also good grocery stores where Kathy found a nice brie, baguettes and "Margartes Flatbreads", our favorite cracker-like flatbread. Ahh...the nicities of civilization. Temps in the 80s again today, nice to walk around but hot when there's no breeze. I bought a bag of ice made frozen mango smoothies with our new blender. WOW!
So here's the Great Loop Route Map on the side of our refrigerator with my red line filled in to Key West. We'll be here a week or 10 days we think. 5 days in a fancy marina and maybe 5 days on a mooring ball in the harbor here (only $15 per day). Tomorrow we'll walk around and find the mooring balls and see how that looks.