Blogs from Miami, Florida, United States, North America - page 2

This morning we woke up and were shortly after greeted with the sounds of the good ol’ classic “Welcome to Miami” as we were preparing to ride a good 59 miles to that hot melting pot by the sea. We consumed left over deli sandwiches and ice cream for breakfast (our breakfast options have been slim these days) and cleaned up the host before preparing to head out in what was already a rainy day. I presented town facts and did a little renovated jam of Will Smith’s classic (see pic) and also told my crew about my Affordable Housing interview with Ketty (a partnering family turned employee with Gloucester County Habitat). I rolled out shortly behind Aiden & Raffi with Nora Jane & Jana on a mission to initiate coffee crew (Amanda was unfortunately unable ... read more

Departed our Lake Sylvia anchorage at around 8:40 am. Another day of bridges, however, it wasn't as bad as previous days. There is one fixed bridge just north of Miami that has us a little concerned. The height of the bridge and the height of our mast are within a couple feet of each other. We had departed a little later in the morning in order to put us down there around low tide. As it turned out, we made very good time and had to anchor just north of the bridge for a couple of hours. The anchorage was a little rolly, but nice. The weather was absolutely perfect!... read more

Luckily today my photographer buddies dragged me to do something different: shoot fast moving crazy beautiful hummingbirds. Here are we are 3 of us talking about it in the car. We had no idea of what we were doing. Clearly each of our specialties was a different type of photography but we wanted to try and have some fun. Finding the hummingbirds wasn't an issue...they were definitely there, we all had long lenses and high speed cameras. First issue was figuring out the settings. Once we got to a good happy point the next issue was to focus on the birds. They move extremely fast and their territory was a quite wide area. Each of us chose an area and just waited for them to show up and then we tried different techniques to focus on ... read more

Mardi 22 Août, à neuf heures du matin, on quitte notre appartement de Miami Beach, direction l'aéroport, les valises sont bouclées et on a enlevé le sable qui s’était accumulé dans la voiture. Le trajet vers l'aeroport s'effectue sans problème et on arrive au centre de location de voiture ou l'on abandonne notre Toyota. On prend ensuite une navette pour rejoindre le terminal proprement dit. On enregistre les bagages et nous voici fin prêt pour une très longue journée de voyage, avec une première escale à Atlanta. puis une seconde à Paris, où on arrive le lendemain, Mercredi 23, vers sept heures du matin, un peu déboussolés après le vol de nuit et le décalage horaire. On arrive a midi à Brest un peu fatigués, avec la drôle d'impression d'un retour à la réalité, des images ... read more

Vendredi 18 Août, neuf heures, il est déjà l'heure de se lever. Il va nous falloir bientôt quitter Key West pour retourner vers Miami, la dernière étape de notre voyage. On range nos affaires, et on charge la voiture, puis après un rapide petit déjeuner, on reprend la route des keys, laissant derrière nous ce petit coin de paradis, qui semble vivre une fête permanente. Après une heure de route, on arrive à Bahia Honda State Park, un parc d'état de Floride sur une des îles, en bord de l'Overseas Highway. On rejoint la plage principale, l'eau est chaude, cristalline, et malgré le temps qui est un peu nuageux, on se jette à l'eau sans hésitation. A une vingtaine de mètres de la plage, juste à la limite de la baignade, il y a un très ... read more