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One of the women crews of the 29ers,
which look like leaves on the water! |
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| Double Rainbow |
This is our last night at a mooring as guests of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club. It has been an amazing, fun week, and we love Coconut Grove. Yes, South Beach is fun, but Coconut Grove seems a bit more diverse, down-to-earth, and appealing to people with lots of different interests. Among our experiences were several rainy days when we went to the movies (saw The Artist - great!), watched two regattas (the Melges and 29ers), met a lot of friendly people at the club bar, met folks from RYC - Kim Meyer, Jeff Pierini and Katy (sorry, don't know her last name) who were here for the Melges, sampled the local restaurants, and got all our errands done (filling the propane tank, doing laundry, making several trips to West Marine and Crook and Crook - another marine store. You get the idea.
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| Books in the Grove Loves Dogs! |
Most mornings we walked or biked to a bookstore that is a great place to get a sense of the people here. Well-to-do older folks, college-age young people, even a few folks who appeared to be homeless. And LOTS of dogs. This is a dog-friendly town, and the bookstore allows people to bring their dogs in, even though they serve food. It seems to work.
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| Gelato for lunch! |
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The Optis were out along with the
two regattas - a busy club! |
This weekend the town of Coconut Grove is readying for a huge art show - the whole town is full of tents in readiness for all the exhibitors. We wish we could be here, but we've got a good weather window, so we'll head to Pumpkin Key tomorrow, and to Bimini on Thursday, provided the weather forecast holds.
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