April 4, Duck Key, FL

We headed east from our marina in Marathon and motored through the large mooring field at Boot Key Harbor and then out the Sister Creek Channel back to Hawks Channel. Once there we moved less than 10 miles to Key Colony Beach Marina, which is part of the Key Colony Beach housing project which has many older canal waterfront homes.

Today is Easter Sunday and the Sparkys Landing Restaurant at Key Colony Marina is closed (marina did not know why) so we would have a half mile walk to the Key Colony Inn Restaurant. Marina seemed tired and the showers were in the dive shop, so we decided to move on.

We motored another 7 miles east to Duck Key and found the Hawks Cay Resort. And it is a beauty! As we came in the channel we passed many large and beautiful homes.

Saltwater swimming lagoon.

After about a mile we then came to a very pretty complex of resort facilities at Hawks Cay including pools, saltwater swimming lagoon, hotel complex, dolphin pens (swim with the dolphins) tennis courts, children and teen activity centers, several restaurants, marina and ship store.

Children's playground at Hawks Cay Resort.

The complex has many homes right at the marina available for rental by the day or week. We explored the resort and had a very nice day. Glad we moved and would recommend this place for families with children. Seemed to be lots for everyone to do.