We were up early and away from Flamingo to get away from the no see ems. Our previous stop at Banana Bay Marina Marathon was probably our best marina so far. Very helpful people, friendly live- aboard residents , and even pool / shower towels provided. I mention that because Flamingo is the worst so far. Pretty depressing, actually. No facilities after too many years to claim it's because of hurricane damage, no hot water, and even the electric power was faulty (I tested it and found that it had an open ground- very dangerous. Our course from Flamingo was east ne miles to Cape Sable, then North 16 miles. The wind was light from the northwest so we could make little use of the sales until it shifted to Southwest late in the day. The trip was uneventful except that I saw a large tarpon jump twice ahead of the boat. Little Shark River is one of the many which drain the Everglades in Southwest Florida. It is absolutely wilderness but actually a fairly popular anchorage. There were a dozen other boats anchored in the river and possibly more farther up the river which we could not see. We had a good, well protected Anchorage. The afternoon was clear, breezy, in the 70's. There was no phone or data connection there, of course; the nearest building of any kind is probably 30 miles away from there . I could not update the blog and am writing it from notes Saturday night. Expecting the mosquitoes for which the Everglades are famous, we rigged a mosquito net over the companionway. That worked well until near dawn when the wind blew a corner of it askew. Some mosquitoes and many no see ems had us for breakfast.
The picture below is East Cape Sable, the southernmost point in the mainland United States.
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