We're still here on our mooring ball in Boot Key Harbour thinking we may leave tomorrow....but then again, maybe the day after.
We have been busy with all the activities going on at the marina and in the town. Last weekend we cycled eight miles on the Marathon Garden Club's House and Garden tour. We visited a palm-fringed private island, and some beautiful homes, plus the gardens of a church. Afterwards we ducked into 'The Island Seafood Restaurant' to recover from our exertions.
We had fun diving into the warm waves at the nearby Sombrero Beach (three mile bike ride!) We also whiled away a huge storm playing a game of Mexican Train dominoes. The storm clouds, which had only just appeared on the horizon, turned into a full blown, 50 mile and hour rain, wind and thunder storm within the time it took Bill and I to have a shower at the marina! Luckily the boat was all closed up! We had an enjoyeable afternoon playing 'Mexican Train' with fellow stranded cruisers, and found our boat in one piece once the storm had blown away!
This weekend is the Marathon Seafood Festival. Yesterday we ate our fill of stone crab claws (they grow back, so we are told!), lobsters, oysters, conch and shrimps, wandered through the art and craft stalls, and listened to some good music in the warm sunshine.
Later that evening we dinghied to 'Dockside', a recently re-opened harbourside bar, and met up with Wayne and Patti, who we'd met in Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Wayne is from Port Credit and his boat, 'Mirthin', is a Nonsuch 30.
Last but not least, I should tell the story of the 'Dinghy Drift' that took place in the harbour last Monday - a perfect evening. This is a new form of sport - maybe it could be considered for the Olympics one day! The aim is to get a group of dinghies strung together and filled with cruisers, snacks and beverages, and to just drift as the sun sets and the stars come out. We all had fun, and managed to keep out of the chanel and not drift into too many moored boats. One 'drifter' put a video of the event on YouTube.
Next news update from Key West....we hope!
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