Above is a picture of the Sombrero Light which is about 4 miles from our
marina and is the location of the Sombrero reef! Friends from
“Buckeye”, Chris and Susan were heading out snorkeling one day while Ken
was back in MN and invited me to go along! What a beautiful reef! Of
course I was wishing I had a tank and the rest of my SCUBA gear to
really explore it but it was great fun anyway! There are about 30
mooring balls to tie up to!
Neighboring boats
had me over for dinner one evening and the dock had a docktail party
one night so I was able to meet the rest of the boaters on our end of
the marina! Many of them come down to Burdines every winter. Quite a
few of the couples were from Michigan! One other current Looper boat
and one “gold” flag looper, meaning they had already completed the loop
were there. I was given some good tips about anchoring and marinas we
have yet to come to!
Sitting on the boat one afternoon, a
gentleman came and knocked and said he was from our home marina of Ole
Miss and had his boat on “J” dock! Stuart and Gloria were coming to
Burdines for lunch and just happened to see $20BUCKS! They recognized
the boat and came over to say hi! What a small world!
No sooner had
they left and another knock on the boat and it was Dan Larsen, the son
of boating friends of Ken’s. Dan, his wife Angie and Gator, the
ferocious dog were just transferred for Dan’s job to a town near
Homestead, FL. They had been following our blog and drove down to say
hi! So fun to meet them. They are hoping to drive back down next
weekend when Ken is back.
Last activity before the Captain returned was an art fair held in the KMart
parking lot. Below are some shots of the art fair. One booth had all
sorts of dog clothes. This one is awful cute for Paisley, my grand
dog! No worries, I didn’t buy it Brian!
This guy was making the coolest
baskets out of palm leaves. He made a basket in about 15 minutes! Said
he can’t keep any inventory at these art fairs as folks buy them so
quickly!
It is nice to have the Captain back at the boat after his trip home! All is well now!
We rented bikes today for a couple days! We will do a post after our bike adventures!
Still livin’ the dream! Pat
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