Sister's and Whiskey Creek

We are in Boot Key harbor but since Boot Key is uninhabited and cannot be accessed but by small boat, it is not as popular with tourists as is Marathon and the nearby small keys.  It is now completely covered in mangroves but at one point in time was home to a military installation and there was a bridge from Marathon over to Boot Key.  The center span is now long gone so it's easy for sailboats to enter the harbor.  With projects and chores caught up we went exploring.

A kayaker let us take a picture of her map provided by the rental place.
We were exploring Sister's Creek then Whiskey Creek.  We were hoping to make it to
Big Lake but the boat didn't have the clearance to get there.  We did make it to
Silver Lake and it was so peaceful.

Boats that choose to anchor outside the harbor often choose this anchorage
in Sister's Creek.  David met this guy back in Freeport when he was working
on a buddy's boat.  It is a huge wooden schooner lovingly maintained.

The row of boats in the creek.

These are the Voice Of America towers or Radio Marti.  They broadcast
news and apparently Tella Novelas to Cuba.

The mouth of Sister's creek where it feeds into the Atlantic.  If the tide is high
we can make it out this way if we're heading north.  Saves over an hour.

Tons of these little jelly fish all over the area.  Not making me want to go swimming!

The patience of these birds is amazing to watch.  Those big, spread out toes
allow them to walk on the mat of seagrass along the shore.

It was a sunny day so the shade of large old mangroves was appreciated.

Some of the mangroves were huge!

We went as far up Whiskey Creek as we could go.  It was a long, low
tunnel for quite some way but then the branches became too low
and threatened to burst our "bubble boat" so we turned around.