Liz & Steve Kemper, Tom at Art Festival
Marathon Munincipal Park
Patchouli performing at amphitheater
Music group "Patchouli"
'32 Ford Victoria "Vicky" at "Keys Fisheries"
16th Annual Pigeon Key Art Festival held in Marathon.
Lunch yesterday at Burdines locatged in Boot Harbor
Burdines, Boot Harbor
Just another day in paradise! After showers we rode our bicycles about one mile up U.S. 1 highway to a restaurant called the “Stuffed Pig” for breakfast. Today was a gorgeous morning for outdoor dining under the Tiki hut. This was our first visit to this establishment and we were advised to go hungry. The portions are large and priced fairly reasonable. It was good, but way too much food.
After breakfast we continued our journey to Marathon Municipal Park for the 16th annual Pigeon Key Art Festival. Sixteen years ago this started as a weekend gathering of local artists; however it has grown into a nationally recognized art show. Diann & I separated inside the event and agreed to meet at the amphitheater for the scheduled live music. The art display was extremely high quality and tempting to find somewhere to display the beautiful works of art. The Floridian colors and themes are gorgeous but being a mid-westerner, as much as I liked it I guess it wouldn’t fit our décor’. Diann and I met and were entertained by some of the best live folk music we have heard in a long time. The group was “Patchouli” out of Maiden Rock, WS on Lake Pepin. It was very easy to sit and listen to this music most of the afternoon. Look them up on line, if they are scheduled in a community near you, and you like high energy guitar and folk music, do not miss their performance.
While sitting in our seats on a beautiful sunny afternoon we were pleasantly surprised by our looper friends Liz and Steve Kemper showing up at the amphitheater and joining us for a couple of hours of listening and conversation. After departing the Art Festival we journeyed on to K-mart, Publix and a stop at a Deli/Liquor store before heading back to the boat. It has finally cooled off a little and the humidity has dropped somewhat. Kind of welcoming
Earlier in the week we stopped at the local bicycle shop and bought a spray-on product to protect our bicycles from ever challenging salt air. Diann broke out the wax, worked on her bike and I helped her with chain lube while she coated her bike with the aero spray product. I think my old 25 year old bike is disposable after this trip or maybe even before. I think when we are out of salt air environment I should purchase a new bike. Diann prepared chicken-pot pie from scratch on board tonight and it was absolutely delicious. I cleaned up the galley and offered to complete the blog posting while Diann watches TV.
Tomorrow is Super Bowl and all of us at Harbour Cay Club and gathering in the club house/boaters lounge for a cook-out and watch the game together. Sounds great to me.
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