January/February 2015 in Marathon

Well, Christmas was great but its back to Boot Key Harbor for more beautiful weather, meeting new friends and seeing old ones again!

Beautiful sunsets

Red sky at night, sailor's delight!

Dolphins in the mooring field

Bob and Deidre on Tide Hiker were our neighbors for a while. We have known them for a while and it was good to spend time with them again.

Tide Hiker

We met Sea Wolfe with Lore and Bill. They have a beautiful catamaran that they designed. We had fun with them until they headed off to the Bahamas. Enjoy!

Lone Wolfe and the moonrise.

We met Katrina, Hite, and Troy on Sea Monkey. We helped Katrina and Troy move to a different mooring ball when Hite was off the boat and got acquainted. Katrina went on a Walmart shopping spree in Florida City with us. They headed to the Bahamas too. Everybody’s going to the Bahamas!

We had non boat visitors too. Buck and Imogene Bowman from back home were traveling in Florida and decided to come down and see our boat. We invited them aboard for lunch and they ended up spending the night. We had fun visiting with them and even took them for a short harbor cruise before they left.

Friends from back home, Buck and Imogene Bowman.

On our harbor tour

We are blessed to be surrounded by His beauty!

Before Christmas the mooring field would fill up then people would leave and it wasn’t a problem getting a mooring.  That changed after Christmas.

 

When our friends on Five Flip Flops (FFF) got here in mid-January, they were 28 on the list waiting for a mooring ball. So they anchored near us and we had a great time catching up with them.

Five Flip Flops (FFF) anchored near us. Glad they are back in the USA!

Ex-boaters Ted and Nancy McCarley came for a visit. They sold their Defever, Aloha Friday, and bought an RV. We loved touring their RV and hope they have lots of fun on the roads! A lot of boaters move to RVs. Right now we don’t think we will do that, but who knows?

New friends, Jim and Pam on Silent Faith had dinner for us and FFF.  We enjoyed the meal and the company. Jim likes to celebrate sunset every night with the traditional conch horn blow.

Silent Faith is a beautiful catamaran.

Jim likes to celebrate our beautiful sunsets with the traditional "blowing of the conch".

Another beautiful sunset!

David up his mast!



Glad we don't have one of these! I know I don't want to go up the mast!

Just to show you that it’s not all fun on a boat. These pictures show David (FFF) up his mast working on his VHF antenna. You really need the antenna to be able to communicate with other boaters and the Coast Guard. We are glad we don’t have a “tall stick” to climb on our boat.