Key Largo to Coconut Grove

We departed John Pennycamp State Park after 1 night on the mooring ball and 3 nights in a slip.  We had a beautiful day of cruising as we traveled up the Atlantic side for about 22 miles with 1-2 footers slightly of the Starboard side, no issue.  We cut across to the Gulf at Angelfish Creek, there are a couple of pics showing some unbelievable homes! Once in the gulf we had unbelievable aqua green water and  slight chop. You could easily see the bottom as we had 3 feet of water underneath the props for the entire trip up Biscayne Bay some 30 miles.  We pulled into the mooring field at Dinner Key in Coconut Grove.  We got tied up and I dinged over to our buddy boat to assist. Some how they ended up bass acwards on the Ball.  We were fighting pretty strong winds and 2 footers in the mooring field.  Once tied up Cody and I put our life jackets on and Dingy the half mile to an island for Cody's releif.   We just got back to the boat and we got a call, Dicks Dingy wouldn't start and back to the island to get him and Bailey ( their Lab) sea tow to the rescue.  Finally back to the boat we were bobbling like a cork on the mooring ball with a 12 knot wind  and 2' + chop.  We had a light dinner and had a glass of wine looking at the Miami skyline wow what a day.

The morning started out well, but the winds and chop were not letting up so we swallowed our pride and headed for the Marina! Brigitte was driving and I was getting us off the mooring ball. Tough to do in the wind and seas.  We inadvertently caught the mooring line around the starboard prop.   S@&$!,,,,, we were now back acwards ourself hung up.  We called Sea Tow and Brian (from sea tow) came to the rescue!  For you boaters this is how it's done.  We put our anchor in his boat and he took a 100 ft of chain upwind. With the anchor set, he came back to the boat  and free dove on the mooring ball. Once freed we pivoted and the anchor held us in position.  After checking forwards and reverse we pulled anchor and headed to the Marina.  Brian came over to the Marina and we did the paper work.  What an interesting Guy, Probably 50 from Switzerland. He had taught sailing to the German Navy in the Canary Islands, has sailed the Atlantic and Caribbean . And his next goal is a sailing around Cape Horn . You meet some of the most interesting people boating.  Headed into town for some action tonight and maybe South Beach Miami Monday night! More latter.
Cheers