Travels of Dursmirg V-3: Down in the Florida Keys, Swinging in a Summer Breeze

"I am going where the wind blows, when the spirit moves me and the price is right." In the first volume of Travels of Dursmirg, I recounted the story of the building of Dursmirg and our voyage of discovery south to the land with no snow. In the second volume, Summers at Daufuskie, I wrote about our adventures among the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Volume 3 continues the saga of the Travels of Dursmirg starting with our first trip by boat down the east coast of Florida and through the Keys. Using the Oldest City of St. Augustine as a home base, winter sojourns south always included the Indian River where lifelong friendships were cemented, bountiful seafood harvested and anchorages a slice of paradise. Miami and Biscayne Bay was a cruising boaters dream come true. Anchorages abounded at Dinner Key, Biscayne Key plus Sand, Elliot and Rhodes Keys in the Biscayne National Park. Venturing south the Hawk Channel took you to Marathon, Boot Key, Non Name Harbor, Key West the Marquesas and Dry Tortugas were part of the best cruising, fishing, and exploring to be found anywhere. Dodging the bullet that wounded the nation and slipping off into a Utopian paradise while the world was in turmoil and upheaval, we migrated together with like-minded sailors into a new dimension.