Shame on me … we have been so busy getting ready to leave the Keys that I hadn’t taken time to update the blog, so here goes …Monday (2/28/11) – Many things to do in preparation to leave. Fill water tanks, haircut, banking, etc. We had used the …
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Marathon, FL – 2/27/11 (day 30)
This morning we took the dinghy about 3 miles to the mouth of the harbor to Marathon Marina to have a brunch with several other boaters on Darel & Sue’s boat, Present Moment. Sue fixed a yummy spread of waffles, blueberries, strawberries, whipped c…
Marathon, FL – 2/26/11 (day 29)
It finally happened …. everyone (except Ricki) has had an experience with the “summer cold” in our looper group. Now she can join the group! Since Ricki was not feeling very good, Skip, Barb & I drove to Islamora, a trip of around 40 miles each…
Marathon, FL – 2/25/11 (day 28)
We went to the Dolphin Research Center with Skip and Barb today. This place was amazing. It operates as a non-profit and it appears that they have a lot of collage age folks working there. They not only accept damaged dolphins and sea lions but also tr…
Marathon, FL – 2/24/11 (day 27)
Today we did a few things around the boat until early afternoon when we started getting ready for the “Looper Sunset Party” at Banana Bay Marina. What a great deal. Everyone brought an appetizer to share and with over 84 people, you can guess what that…
Marathon, FL – 2/22/11 & 2/23/11 (days 25 & 26)
Tuesday (2/22) was our day to do nothing. Ricki spent the day at the pool and since I had this stupid summer cold, just hung around the boat. We needed our rest because we had planned to go back to Key West on thursday with Skip & Barb. Neither of …
Marathon, FL – 2/20/11 & 2/21/11 – (days 23 & 24)
On Sunday (2/20) I needed to put another coat of non-skid on the front deck and Ricki had spotted a quilting display in the newspaper that was about 30 miles away, so we each did our own thing. I encouraged her to go since I knew she would be gone mo…
Marathon, FL – 2/19/11 (day 22)
We got up early and did the laundromat scene in town. When you have several loads, we usually go to one even though they are really expensive down here in the keys. Washing is $4 per loan and dry time is 25cents for 4 minutes. It is easy to drop $20…
Marathon, FL – 2/17 & 18/11 days (20 & 21)
Thursday & Friday were work days on boat projects with a little social fun slipped in during the evenings. On Thursday we spent considerable time putting the eyebrow teak back on the boat. Now that it is refinished and up it looks fantastic. Anothe…
Marathon, FL – 2/16/11 (day 19)
Wednesday was “give the boat a bath” day which it needed very badly since it hadn’t been washed really good since the Gulf crossing. While I did that, Ricki spent most of the day trying to straighten out the prescription snags with her new health insur…
