Saturday, April 24, 2010

Day Tripping

We took a bus connector, train, then another bus, and finally a hike to reach Cape Florida. We had a picnic at the entrance of the much fabled (at least to cruisers) No Name Harbor. It's not as big as we expected and all the mangroves and thick scrub looked like perfect bug territory. We walked the entire bay edge of the Cape, visited the lighthouse and walked the Atlantic beach at the surf edge.

Back in downtown Miami we rode the free downtown people mover. It runs above ground and at one point was at least 60 feet above street level. It was a great tour of downtown and we marked a couple stops for a return trip and places to explore in more detail.

In our own neighborhood - Coconut Grove - is every shopping, gallery, and dining possibility required by your average millionaire. All within a few blocks of the marina.
Entrance to No Name Harbor with Biscayne beyond:
Cruiser passing by and stilt houses in the distance:
De Anne headed to the Cape Florida lighthouse:

3 comments:

capndeb said...

Looks like you caught "Snow Goose" sailing by! Heard that you are enjoying Dinner Key, and hope that you are taking advantage of some "shallow water sailing" in Biscayne Bay!

Sue said...

Hi guys! We decided to follow in your footsteps: and sort of ended up being towed into Miami. I'm beginning to think we're never going to get across the Gulf stream! Anyway, I'm going to try and find that people mover you're talking about since we'll be stuck here for awhile.
Kittywake out.

Jay Uler said...

We loved "no name harbor" another great spot!