Sublime

On the seventh day I saw this island and immediately landed on it, pushing the boat away with my foot, which returned from whence it came. I watched it cut a swift passage through the waves back to its own land. And I remained here. At about three o’clock in the afternoon a sea otter would bring me food from the sea walking on its hind legs,

Little Duck Key, where the southern end of the Bahia Honda Bridge was to make landfall, marks the beginning of what are usually referred to as the Lower Keys. While the Upper Keys are formed of coral outcroppings and support relatively little natural vegetation, those south of the Bahia Honda Channel are low-lying formations of solid limestone that