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No Name Harbor, Key Biscayne, FL
Makai is sitting at anchor in No Name Harbor, a small secluded anchorage inside Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne along with 16 other boats.
Bill Baggs State Park is a beautiful park. The park is open from 8:00 am until “sundown” and they mean “sundown.” The park closes down precisely at sunset, which differs each day. The ranger drives around and makes sure no one is on park property. They charge a fee of $20 to anchor overnight, which is a bit high but it entitles you to use the restroom (no showers) empty trash and they offer 1 washer and dryer for laundry. Bill Baggs is within a mile walk of a Winn Dixie grocery store, CVS drug store, the post office and a few other shops and restaurants. There is a nice Cuban restaurant with dingy tie-ups at the end of the harbor. There are miles of nature trails complete with “critters" on the land and even in the water as we watched a ground of spotted string ray swan around the boat. Then there is Cape Florida Light. Cape Florida Light was (according to the ranger) the first permanent structure in the Miami area. The Light House is open to the public and the view from the top is spectacular. The harbour was actually closed to boaters on Saturday, Dec. 12 for the annual "Winter Lights Boat Parade" from 5pm until 9pm. So, we will just anchored right outside the park for a front row seat for the parade. The weather window was not right as the winds were coming from the East which means head on, so we are moving to Dinner Key Marina for a few days and going to enjoy Coconut Grove.
Bill Baggs State Park is a beautiful park. The park is open from 8:00 am until “sundown” and they mean “sundown.” The park closes down precisely at sunset, which differs each day. The ranger drives around and makes sure no one is on park property. They charge a fee of $20 to anchor overnight, which is a bit high but it entitles you to use the restroom (no showers) empty trash and they offer 1 washer and dryer for laundry. Bill Baggs is within a mile walk of a Winn Dixie grocery store, CVS drug store, the post office and a few other shops and restaurants. There is a nice Cuban restaurant with dingy tie-ups at the end of the harbor. There are miles of nature trails complete with “critters" on the land and even in the water as we watched a ground of spotted string ray swan around the boat. Then there is Cape Florida Light. Cape Florida Light was (according to the ranger) the first permanent structure in the Miami area. The Light House is open to the public and the view from the top is spectacular. The harbour was actually closed to boaters on Saturday, Dec. 12 for the annual "Winter Lights Boat Parade" from 5pm until 9pm. So, we will just anchored right outside the park for a front row seat for the parade. The weather window was not right as the winds were coming from the East which means head on, so we are moving to Dinner Key Marina for a few days and going to enjoy Coconut Grove.
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