1/25/15
Coconut Grove FL
Posted by Bill

Well, we had hoped to be in the Atlantic Ocean by this time and headed to Key Largo, but the weather for Monday has worsened. Looks like winds over 25 knots most of the day and over 30 knot gusts. Passage rain check please! The latter part of the week looks really good, so we will sit out a few more days here in Dinner Key mooring field.

Yesterday was really windy, winds over 20 knots and out of the south, which made a nice washing machine type of sea state. After a few hours it shifted to the southwest and then west, which was much better. We went ashore and went to the farmers market in Coconut Grove. There was a ton of good looking produce, most grown locally; but they never mark prices on them, which annoys us…lol. We didn’t buy anything, but then went to one of our favorite places to eat, Flannigans. They have the best ribs, which we got again, and split. They also have a 2 for 1 happy hour on everything behind the bar, and on weekends it goes from 11 AM to 8 PM. The staff is friendly and smiling, the food is fantastic, and they play great classic rock music. Other restaurant owners/managers take note…this is a recipe for a successful restaurant, and the places is always busy. Yesterday at 3 PM there was a wait for a table and it was that way the whole time we were there.

This morning it is a little chilly…54, but it will be in the low 70s later. The sun is shining and the wind is laying down. We’ll probably put a plan together to replace the batteries tomorrow, which will entail renting a car and dealing with Walmart, and then we’ll make a run to Costco. I do miss Costco!

The damn batteries have consumed my time the last 5 days and I am looking forward to having to work on something else that breaks…lol!