Traveling Miami Beach, FL

Closing Lincoln Street to traffic and opening it to pedestrians, bike riders and storefront eateries is a clever way to create an oasis in the middle of a busy city on Miami Beach.  Lincoln Street uses lush green landscaping to create the atmosphere and it made a shady walk on a hot day to catch a bus to the UPS package pickup center.

As you can see, our package did made it to Miami Beach  and we decided to walk along the beach back toward the boat since it wasn't far enough to justify the bus ride. Stormy clouds offshore brought rain out over the Gulf Stream but the sandy beach was busy with people swimming and building sand castles.

Back on board Priority, we put the new ice cube tray to work in the freezer. Norma used the afternoon boat time to reorganize the food storage.  We quickly unloaded the home kitchen back in October, brought it all on board and have been using that food to date.  Since then we have stocked up in Jacksonville and Titusville when we had access to a car to help carry groceries. Now we have the foods much more organized and inventoried.  This should help the cook. We expect common staple items will be available in the Bahamas, but non-perishables like nuts, cranraisins, cereals, soups, crackers, and paper products are much more expensive to purchase. Jay worked to back up the computer and netbook with hopes that all will continue to work well.