We spent the weekend having some fun with Lauren, Floyd and Archer of T Maru. We are so glad Michelle George made sure we met up with the Gallegos. Saturday night, we had some sangria in the cockpit while they caught us up on their fun day at the Dry Tortugas. We sat around and […]
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Saturday Turtle Release
We went to watch Francis released back to the sea today. Francis is a Loggerhead Turtle rescued by The Turtle Hospital here in Marathon. She had an impaction which is described in more detail at The Turtle Hospital blog. You would think an impaction might make turtles prone to sinking to the bottom where they […]
Sombrero Reef
We spent several winter months at Marathon in 2010 but never made it to Sombrero Reef. We finally made it there today. It was beautiful. The water was just slightly rippling. The sun was out most of the day. Their were tons of fish which we, unfortunately, cannot identify (yet). The purple fan coral was […]
50 Shades of Blue – Key West
We left Venice Wednesday morning. Randall and Jake spent the morning replacing the alternator while we were anchored in the ICW north of Venice. The alternator didn’t go out but the tachometer kept spiking up so Randall decided to go ahead and put the new one on. As we approached the incoming waves at the […]
Manatee River and Sarasota
It has been two days of half-day motoring to our day’s destination, leaving lots of time for exploring. Sunday, we left St. Petersburg and got anchored midday up the Manatee River. We took the dinghy ashore to Snead Island. There was a state park there giving some of the history of the early Indians inhabitants […]
Heading Out
While I was away, Randall, Jake and Lily took in The Wiz, an outdoor play on Demen’s Island. It was a jazzy version of Wizard of Oz. They liked all but the Lion. Apparently, the Lion was miscast. Lily spent Friday night with her friend Lauren K. They went to visit Lauren’s horses and spent […]
Beautiful Green Boat Bikes
Yesterday, we were hanging and waiting the shipment of our two new boat bikes. It gave Randall a chance to take the outboard apart and try to fix the reluctant pull cord. It took much longer than expected because the coil spring came flying out once the thing was apart. But two hours later, it […]
Pics
Rainy day. I am at Hampton Inn about to use their conference room for my webinar. Randall, Jake and Lily on the boat waiting out the rain and doing school work. Here are pics from the past week.
Still Lovin’ The Burg
I spent most of the week trying to resolve my upcoming business dilemma of needing a landline and hardwired internet connection for an upcoming conference call. Hampton Inn is just blocks away and is letting me use a meeting room on a short-term basis. This week, I have the conference call on Tuesday and then […]