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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Ross's big boat project Dinner Key Marina Coconut Grove, Miami, FL

Ross is starting another project, we are going to add a nice sun canopy and some safety rails. It will be a canvas top so we can take it down during hurricane season.

This is the back side where it will slope down so the rain will run off the back.

Ross is measuring the rails so everything will align up just perfect.

We need precise measurements here.

Coconut Grove Miami, 3/2012 (Dinner Key Marina)

We have arrived once again in the beautiful area of Coconut Grove in Dinner Key Marina. Ross, Gigi and I arrived on March 21 which I do believe was the first day of spring to a beautiful 80 degree day here in sunny Florida. They had some small boats here that were racing around us.

Here is another boat that was racing around there were quite a few of them.

This is a pretty colorful group of boats. They had black, red green blue and white.

Here is Gigi enjoying the view and the sun. She has been the best boat dog ever. She misses her brothers though Kyle and Cody.

We had some neighbors arrive this morning, March 24. They are going over on how to sail. Looks like 7 people on that boat.

I made pancakes for breakfast and Gigi thinks she will get a bite.

They had another boat race today. This time I captured more pictures of the different sails. There must of been at least a dozen or so boats coming back from their sail.

Here are all the boats coming back from their sail. There is a sailing yacht club here near where we are so I guess on the weekends they all get together and sail. It is amazing to see them all coming back.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Dinner Key in Coconut Grove Feb. 2012

Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove, FL http://www.miamigov.com/marinas/pages/marinas/dinnerkey_mooring.asp

This is the mooring field we are in called Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, FL which is five miles as the crow flies.

This is a picture of Miami, FL from Cool Change. it looks really nice at night, I will try to remember to take a picture of it.

This is Coconut Grove in the background with the boats in the foreground.

Ross enjoying his cup of morning coffee.

Gigi enjoying the great Florida weather.

Gigi is enjoying the breeze on the boat. It has been 82 degrees here during the day and around 65 at night perfect sleeping weather.

There are approximately 200 mooring balls here at Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, FL We are on this mooring ball number 83.

More pictures of the boats around us, not a bad view from my back yard on Cool Change.

Eva and Gigi enjoying a morning cup of coffe.

Gigi looks like she is licking her chops.

Taking a walk and looking at the roots of these trees coming out of the wall. Very interesting, you know this could ruin the wall.

This is where we are. Taking a walk along a park trail. It is warmer on shore away from the ocean breeze.

This is where they store the boats when they work on them.

This is the lift they use to remove the boats from the water. and put them in storage or just to work on them.

Ultra light aircraft, it reminds me of a dragon fly. They are really noisy things.

Gigi is looking at the ultra lite aircraft like what is that?

Gigi and I enjoying the cool mornings with a cup of java.

Here is a bird cooling off in the breeze with its wings spread out.

Gigi saw the bird and was barking at it like it was trying to get us or something.

Here is the beautiful sunsets you can experience here in Florida during the winter times.

Gigi and Ross enjoying an evening relaxing on the boat after a nice meal.

Eva and Gigi enjoying the nice 82 degree temperatures in the sun with a good book.

Gigi enjoying herself.

There were two small sail boats with two ladies on them, one was teaching the other how to sail, and she didn't come around and flipped over in the high winds.