Looking at the picture of the moon above over a beautiful sky doesn’t look like
the wind is howling but looks can be deceiving! The plan was to leave
Marathon on Monday with Marcs Ark and begin our trek up the east coast
of FL. The best laid plans.........! We began watching the weather and
the multiple internet sites that predict wind velocity and wave heights
hoping to find one of the four that we monitor that would indicate we
were safe to cast off on Monday morning! It was not to be! The winds
began to blow on Sunday noon as predicted and by Sunday night the winds
were blowing at 20 - 25 mph! The winds continued on Monday and today
is Tuesday and they are blowing even harder. We made the decision on
Sunday night to remain tied at the dock until Thursday when we are
hoping the winds calm down! I had provisioned the boat and done the
laundry in anticipation of our departure, a process I will need to
repeat before we leave! Making the most of our extra days in Marathon,
we have tried out a couple new restaurants, practiced conch blowing at
sunset and gone for long walks!
We started yesterday with breakfast at the Seven Mile Grille with Marc and
Michele! Just like all the other restaurants on Marathon, the food is
great the decor I can only describe as “Keysie”! After breakfast we
walked across the street to the Nautical Gift shop to purchase a Pelican
Lamp for the boat that Ken and I had seen the day before! Love those
pelicans and now I can take them with me!
Last night we took the dinghy out to watch another gorgeous sunset and practice our
conch blowing! The Captain needs to practice some more to perfect
his blow! It is good he has so many other skills as he will never earn a
living blowing the conch at sunset! Can’t say that I would either but I
can at least make the conch sound! We sure had a good belly laugh at
each other and saw again a beautiful sunset!
This morning we walked out to the Seven Mile Bridge to see what the seas were like
with winds blowing this hard! It gave us an idea of what we would be
traveling in if we leave with winds higher than we like! Here Ken is
looking through binoculars at the water seeing how high the waves are!
It doesn’t look too bad right here at the bridge and the wave heights
looked to be only a foot from what we could see but trying to battle the
wind and keep the 20BUCK$ going straight when it was all we could do to
walk against the wind is keeping us in the marina!
We continued our walk and the pictures above are typical of walking in
Marathon! You will notice we found a bedroll in the mangroves and
further down the path was the pillow that must go with it! The 8 a.m.
beer drinking locals were not in their normal spot under the tree so I
couldn’t get their picture! The flowers are beautiful, the water is
every color of blue and green you can imagine and the local eaterys are a
hoot! Only in the Keys!
We will keep you posted on our departure day. Right now we are shooting
for Thursday but looking at the weather sites Thursday may not be an
option either! Winds are not predicted to drop until the weekend! In
the meantime we are listening to the howl of the wind safely tied to the
dock! Pat
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