The Key Biscayne Boat Parade is an annual holiday event (we celebrate a little differently down here in Miami) where boat owners decorate their boats with colored lights and invite friends and family to join them in a parade on the water into No Name Harbor and then into Hurricane Harbor and back to the Key Biscayne Yacht Club. There's a contest for the best decorated boat. This year I was lucky enough to be invited to join in the parade on the Sea Miner, owned by Chris and Doug Biggers. It's not the kind of cruise I can sell (if only!), but it's another excuse to get out on the water and if you know me you know I don't turn down an offer like that!
The food is always wonderful, you can't help but have fun on a boat (any boat!), and the display of lights is always beautiful. I didn't get great shots with my little "point and shoot" Kodak, but I think you'll get the picture - all puns intended!
Here's a reindeer leading the way ... in this case Santa is flying a yacht instead of a sleigh, but I think he uses whatever works in the part of the world he's visiting.
This shot is a little blurry, but when the boat is rocking it's sometimes the best you can do!
The boats aren't the only things that get lit up, but most of the drinking takes place back on shore when the boats are safely docked. It's a very community and family oriented event, and the party goes on until the last reindeer drops.
I think the cruise ships should have a holiday lighting competition! Wouldn't THAT be something to see??!!
