It took a spectacular sunset over St. James Island off the Little Choptank to remind us of the natural beauty that we had experienced over the past 23 weeks of our travels.  Unfortunately it becomes almost a little routine to see the beautiful sunrises, sunsets and dismissive of the dolphins that come by to look and play in the wake of our bow.   So it makes it a good time to return to land for a little while after our Quest to the Keys journey that covered over 3000 miles round trip.

It’s great to be back in our home port of North Point Marina in Rock Hall, Maryland.

 

 

After a journey of over 1400 miles by water, the crew of the Second Wind reached the destination of Key West on February 25th.  It was a celebration of long-lived goal to sail south to the Conch Republic. But it was nothing more than an extravagant half-time show and crew change as Second Wind left just a few days later for its return journey to its home port of Rock Hall, Maryland.  While the pictured performer on Sunset Pier stated that the easy part is getting up, not the getting down, we will see how our crew fairs on what has been a relatively easy trip getting down to the Keys vs. the return trip up north (where it is still cold and snowing).

There were many interesting ports and experiences along the way which I had hoped to recount on a regular basis, but lack of good internet connections and the time to merely report rather than enjoy new experiences conspired against me.  Perhaps with time and connectivity all will be revealed.

Second Wind is now in the inland coastal waters of the Carolinas as it heads north for a late April rendezvous.