Dinner Key

We're hanging on a mooring ball at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, tucked in behind Dinner Key. It's a quiet place to be but close in to the sights and sounds of Coconut Grove. This is supposedly the oldest of Miami's neighborhoods. There are lots of little interesting shops and numerous restaurants. There are also at least three huge marinas, in addition to this sailing club, along the shoreline. I don't think I have ever seen this number of boats within such a small area, except maybe in Sausalito. Especially when you count all the boats moored and anchored immediately off shore. I'm sure there are bigger marina areas but this is pretty impressive,

Yesterday, after exploring Dinner Key by dinghy, we went out for a short sail over to Key Biscayne. There wasn't much wind but it was warm and pleasant on the water. We watched a bunch of small sailcraft skippered by teenagers sail around a course set up on the bay. Today an even younger group was out there racing in much better wind. The sailing club has events almost every weekend during the cooler months.

Since April is here for a few days, we have a car to use, so this afternoon we drove over to South Beach to see the art deco historic district. It was interesting but very crowded (hate the traffic around here and the difficulty finding parking). We then headed back toward Coconut Grove to find a place to watch Carolina play Florida State. What a disaster that game was! Wish I hadn't seen it. At least the Cuban food at the restaurant we found was delicious.