Sailing South aboard Lucy III: 2020-21 (Part III - returning North)

  

After dinner encounter with Carol and George on the Key Biscayne bike path across the street from the Crandon Park Marina. 

This manatee was waiting for us on our dock back at the marina.

Crandon Park Marina, Key Biscayne, Florida:  April 1, 2021

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Marc-    We remain hunkered down for an approaching cold front with dangerous weather.  Crandon Park Marina is about the safest place in the Miami area.  It is very nice here with concrete floating docks and secure gates.  There is a nearby beach and the Miami Seaquarium that we plan to see soon.  Next door is a NOAA research facility and the Marine studies campus of the University of Miami.  There is also a rather large High School facility here for Marine and Science Technologies (MAST).  

Carol and George suggested that we have dinner at the Atlantica Restaurant nearby.  Our table was outside but well covered for the approaching rain (that held off until we were back aboard Lucy III and hopefully until Carol & George were back home).  Dinner was excellent and the company the best. There was even a duck named Daisy who roamed the deck looking for food that diners might share.