Boot Key Harbor has had a difficult history. The harbor is large and protected 360 degrees but as usual government indifference and incompetence made a mess. When we were here for three weeks in 1996 waiting for a crossing opportunity to Bimini the harbor was totally uncontrolled; dozens of bum boats, no pump out system, no mooring field. Marathon was unincorporated and Monroe County could not have cared less. A different story today; Marathon incorporated after years of court fights and took control of the harbor. Most of the bum boats are gone and there is a huge mooring field patterened after Vero Beach. The first picture is as good as we could get of the mooring field. Lots of boats waiting to cross to the Bahamas. The second picture is of a cloud framed sunset.
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