Good morning its 7:30 in paradise and we are up. Cooked breakfast for Steve and i had a cereal bar. We are headed to the fort this morning for some exercise and more exploring. Steve talked weather with the Ranger while i ran the mote walls with the water splashing up over the sides and onto the top. After that i ran up the stairs and ran around the top of the fort.There are no rails so it is exciting and exhilarating! We went over to the part of the moat the saltwater crocodile lives and checked him out, he had his head sticking out of the pipe he backs up in. Yesterday we got to see him really good. He is about 8-10 foot in length. I thought he was smaller because all we saw was his nose sticking out. After we checked him out we walked the moat walls together with the wind blowing and the waves crashing against the walls behind us and in front of us as we walked sending spray as high as 4-6 foot in the air. Beautiful! 🙂 As we walked back we saw a black lab digging a hole in the sand, you could tell it was deep because all you could see was his hindquarters sticking up with a fast wagging tail. The owner said he likes to dig for crabs on the beach and his name is Baylee. He is so shiny and his owner said he used to shed until he started putting salmon oil in his dog food! We met one of the staff on the Key West Express ferry that arrives no matter what. He let us throw our garbage in his bin and we ate lunch aboard the ferry. They sold us two twelve packs of soda and believe me when you dont have access to them it was like Christmas to us. We are stuck here until weather gets better which is probably another week. We just heard a call for a sea tow near key west for the boat that left this morning. You just cant mess with the mistress sea. Back to the ferry lunch – we had a hamburger and it was delicious even though it was microwave. we hadnt had one in a while. The crew was really nice to us. We are the only sailboat left in the harbor. Everyone else left yesterday but it is still too rough for us. We have to cross and area called Rebekah shoals and all i know is that lady must have been bad news to have that area named after her!! Steve and i dinghied back to the boat with our “booty” from the ferry. Steve went to help the fisherman get to shore and get ice from the ferry. A big “ketch” pulled up next to us, that is a sailboat with 2 masts. We are going to kick back grill some chicken and maybe take another beach walk later. We have enjoyed this windy day! 🙂