Diann on old 7-mile pedestrian bridge (Abandoned original bridge)
Tom (cell phone in hand) on 7-mile pedestrian bridge
Noah Genda at Marathon's "Harbor Cay Club" - Great facility, great people
Tom, Diann & good looper friend Alex Shue at Keys Music Festival
Music Festival at Marathon
Dinghy Dock at Marathon Munincipal Marina
Tom at Tranquility Resort, next door to our marina
The famous "Faro Blanco" light at the closed and abandoned Faro Blanco Resort
Diann at TJ's Tiki Bar at Tranquility Resort, next door to our marina
Let’s see, what day is this? Thursday we did our usual investigation of the area on bicycles. First we found lunch at TJ’s Tiki Bar which is on the beach looking out at the Gulf of Mexico. This is worth a repeat in my book! The Tiki Bar is located at Tranquility Resort which looks like a very top notch place to stay. As we were leaving the resort, a family was unloading luggage from a van but we overheard them say they had arrived by their private plane.
As we rode along Tom stopped at a barber shop but there were 3 people before him so we continued on and he soon found another one. By the time he left he and the barber, Hugh (fellow boater) were best of friends. He gave Tom information on an outdoor music concert and his opinion of the better restaurants. Good information.
We checked out many harbors, among them was the Marathon City Marina where there are hundreds of mooring balls. It is located next to a municipal park and sports complex, public library, hospital, and restaurants. They have a nice setup for boaters but first you have to leave your boat and come to shore by dinghy. Hopefully you have a way to distinguish your dinghy from the hundreds of others tied to the dock as you can see from the pictures. There is a long row of individual showers, a lounge area with WIFI and shelves full of informational books, plus free weekly pump outs. (Very important!) Their slogan is “Where Mooring is a Ball”. Cute huh?
Friday we rode bikes on the old seven mile bridge. We are glad we didn’t go all the way to the end because when we turned around we were facing a stiff wind. We stopped at Chappy’s restaurant for lunch. Nice atmosphere but the food was just okay. We hung out on the boat in the afternoon and then met Adagio and Shingebiss for dinner at "Lazydays" restaurant in the Marathon Harbor. Another “to go” box for the refrigerator.
Day 140 Sat Marathon
We are finally sleeping in a little later 7-7:30 (late for us). We had breakfast on board and then started out together on our bikes but soon we separate ways. I stopped at a couple of open air markets; one fruits & vegetables and one flowers and plants. I also found a couple of stores I hadn’t seen before so to help the economy, I made a couple of purchases. I know Tom went to Home Depot and Publix for us but not sure where else.
We met back at Noah Genda; cleaned up a take home box; got back on our bikes and headed Sombrero Resort & Marina for an afternoon listening to The Keys Music Festival. We had a great line up of Daryl Davis a blues and boogie-woogie piano player; Hot Guitar Pickers, Springfield Exit and the famous BeauSoleil Trio Cajun band. It truly was an absolutely great afternoon of professional live entertainment under a tent with a warm southerly breeze. At this event, while locking up our bicycles we had the pleasure of running into our looper friends Alex & Cindy Shue off Tug Hill Tug. We sat together enjoying these great artists. What a fun time we are enjoying here in Marathon.
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