Rainy Days and Mondays......

We left Key West and headed to Faro Blanco Marina in Marathon.   It is a beautiful marina with a pool (just us old folks in their pool) and a great onsite restaurant.  Good thing, as there isn't much around it commercially "out the gates".  We did enjoy the Marathon Seafood Festival on Saturday and the day before, on Friday, we took a taxi cab to....PUBLIX!   Our favorite place in Florida, or so it seems that we spend the most money there!  While we were at Faro Blanco they had a "offshore boat rendezvous".  These are the sleek looking ones that go fast!  I asked one driver how fast they went and she said 80 to 100 mph and they were one of the SLOWER boats....some go 180.  I told her "we go 8 to 10"!!

After a great few days there we were off again.....destination Islamorada.  It is a village encompassing 6 of the Florida Keys, known for their coral reefs.  We had a great day on Sunday weather wise, but in addition to dodging the never ending crab pots....we now are dealing with very shallow water.  Capt Bob is constantly watching the depth gage and often we are digging up the bottom.....thankfully it is sand!  Here we are at Plantation Harbor, which is in a city park.  We were lucky to get in, as we are now finding it more and more difficult for a transient slip, as this is where the hurricane damaged a lot of marinas that are still under repair.   AND thankful we were to be in a protected area because on Monday quite a storm came thru...   High winds, waves, thunder and lightning....lots of rocking and rolling and lots of rain.  But as typical Florida, Tuesday (today) is just as sunny and bright as usual and a great temp....We rode our bikes down to "Rain Barrel" a small artisan village and I even got my picture taken with "Betsy" the lobster...   Its fun to play tourists!  I guess that is what we are, although it feels like we are "almost" locals!!

We plan to move up the keys (perhaps Key Largo) a little more before crossing to the Bahamas....The wind has not cooperated with our original plans to be there by now.  Winds are typically higher this time of year, so we are just waiting and watching....Capt Bob does a good job of the watching part.  I do a good job of the waiting...get a good book to read and enjoy the sun!