Month: January 2021

WINTERIN’

Mike & Pam

Winter activity in Marathon suits us well. It has been a fantastic January and we are so blessed to share some of the time with such great family and friends.

Nice day with the Shoafs and Iuorios…… dinkin’ around under 7 mile bridge…. through BOOT KEY HARBOR…. around Sister Creek….
capped off with a lunch at Burdines Waterfront….. best basket of fries in the Keys!
Marathon Community Theater presentation of The Vagina Monologues….it’s healthy to move out of your comfort zone, sometimes..
Favorite lunch spot…IRIE ISLAND EATS, lives up to the name.. Powerful and pleasing…the state of feeling great!
Plenty of opportunity to play pickleball. Key Colony has 6 courts and Marathon Community Park has 4.
Marlin Bay Pool – the crew logged at least 40 pool hrs each
Crab Claw Night, freshly harvested claws procured from Poncho’s Fuel Dock & Supplies
Another spectacular sunset at Marlin Bay water front
  • The palatial estate, 3 story, 5 bedroom, with plunge pool lanai.
  • See Sea C out the window…
Marlin Bay Resort Unit 40 – Thanks to Tom and Anne for sharing their palace with us for the week. Fantastic accommodations. Great family, food and fun
The crew helping to plan our snorkel trip to Sombrero Reef
Underway to Sombrero Reef
Underwater visibility – 50ft. Water temperature – 71
GO!
Outdoors….distanced…and masked…
Aqua man and a school of snorkelers…….the reef has dozens of different fish species and marine life.
Swam with hundreds of Yellow Tail Snapper….great tasting fish but today was viewing only.
We experienced a few jellyfish stings during the outing…nothing too serious…
by the way Jellyfish are posers because they really aren’t fish, fish have a backbone..
Friendly fish
Return Journey
Sat afternoon music at Dockside Boot Key Harbor, Doug, Patrice and Bob & Sue from OSIMO

    SEASON II – BACK ON THE BOAT

    Mike & Pam

    Another packed to the gills SUV car rental to Jacksonville and we are ready to pick up our LOOP experience again! Lamb’s Yacht Center proved to be a great undercover home for Sea C Rider during the break. After a couple of days getting the boat ready we bee-lined down to the Florida Keys and are currently docked at Marlin Bay in Marathon. Our eight day trip down the ICW (Intra Coastal Waterway) consisted of an average of 60 or so miles per day, and we anchored out under the stars every night. Boat sales in the US are setting new records during the pandemic as people look for outdoor safe distancing activity. The water ways were full, especially on the holiday weekend, we may have encountered just about every existing Floridian east coast boat during our travels. The FL service industry calls the week between Christmas and New Years “Hell Week” due to the masses of people descending upon Fl during this time.

    Tried to think of everything but still forgot a few items…(or brought too much!)
    A couple engine tweaks
    A quick cleaning at Lamb’s before departure
    And we are off…..
    Florida Keys or bust!
    Another beautiful sunset at anchor.
    Barbie spotting
    Same anchorage as last year but with 10 times the boats…
    One of the many sandbar fun spots along the ICW
    During our West Palm Beach anchorage two boats rafted up and anchored about 30 yards from us @ 12:30 am. The eight boaters then cranked up their Karaoke machine and held a high volume top Latin hits competition until about 2:00am.
    Miami on a quiet Monday morning
    Miami
    Back in the Keys!
    Michael trying to look inconspicuous in Islamorada, behind him is the Moorings where
    Netflix hit series BLOODLINE was filmed. We tried to get closer but the security guard in the white shirt was onto us.
    Similar leg length
    Chilin’ at Lorelei’s in Islamorada
    Back to the boat
    Safely tied up at Marlin Bay…Nice to be back!