Plantation Key to Boca Chita

The weather forecast says something called a “cold front” will arrive in Florida this weekend. Temperatures in many of the places we’ve been recently are projected to plummet from 84 all the way to 72 degrees (highs for the day).  Imagine that! On the other hand, the wind is forecast to blow up to 25 knots for a couple of nights, and that IS more of a concern, so tomorrow we may try to find a protected location to batten down the hatches for a couple of nights and wait for this so-called cold front to pass.

Meanwhile, we had an uneventful travel day from Plantation Key, moving northeast through territory we covered in the other direction 10 days ago, and arrived at a new destination for the night 53 miles later. We’re on the tiny island of Boca Chita, formerly owned by Mr. Honeywell back in the 1930s (we gather he didn’t suffer as much economic devastation from the Great Depression as most people did).  He built a private lighthouse here, got into trouble with the government for doing so, and his island retreat was subsequently destroyed in a hurricane. So now it’s a National Park, and for $10 (senior discount from $20)we’re tied up to a concrete wall in a tiny harbor along with 21 other boats. It’s scenic and pleasant, except for the mosquitoes that arrived in huge droves promptly following sunset, which did not, for us, produce a green flash.  We remain happy and well.

For the first time on the trip our Verizon MiFi hasn’t really produced enough of a signal for satisfactory internet.  Oh, the deprivations we suffer!