Dennis Smith and Tom
Lunch with Dennis, Diane at Cabana Breezes in Key Colony
What has Tom been drinking to grow all that hair???
Diann & Diane Oberhardt
Denny, Diann & Diane at Marathon City Marina
Bruce and Jan Peterson
I returned to Marathon on Sunday 2/22 after a 10 day visit to the Quad Cities in Illinois. I was unable to make it home for my previously scheduled Thanksgiving or Christmas visit due to weather complications along the route. It has been 5 months since I’ve seen my family and friends. It was a whirlwind week trying to fit everything in but well worth it. The weather was better than I expected back home with temperatures 30-35 degrees. My 5:30 am flight left just in time on Sunday because a winter storm arrived later in the day. It was a long travel day for me after getting up at 3:45 AM and having close to a 4 hour layover in Atlanta and the 2+ hour drive back to Marathon from Miami. After unpacking and relaxing on the boat for awhile, we decided since we had a vehicle, we needed to try out a new restaurant. We had heard good things about The Island Fisheries out by the airport. We pulled into the last space in a large parking lot at 7:30 on a cold rainy night. I guess that proves how popular the place is and the food was great.
Monday we again woke up to the sound of rain. Mother nature is not cooperating with us on the unseasonal amount of rain and temperature! But then I remind myself of the weather at home and I feel better. Tom returned the car and then we caught up on paying bills, cleaning, and relaxing on the boat for the day.
Tuesday after lunch at Key Fisheries, Tom & I were walking to our bikes when I spied Bruce and Jan Peterson in the parking lot. Bruce is our dentist in Rock Island. What a small world! They came over to the boat and had a great visit.
Tuesday (2/23) our good friends and neighbors Diane Oberhardt and Dennis Smith arrived here to spend a couple of fun nights with us on the boat. After a couple of beverages on the boat we went to Lazy Days restaurant at the Marathon Marina for happy hour. We were able to watch a beautiful sunset (something we haven’t been able to see much of). We had dinner on the outdoor balcony at Burdines where one order of their awesome orders of french fries will feed four people. In the distance we could see the anchor lights from the hundreds of boats anchored on mooring balls in Boot Key.
Rain! Rain go away! Yup, more rain Wednesday so I fixed a filling breakfast of fresh fried potatoes with onions and peppers, sausage and eggs. By the time we finished breakfast and cleaned up the galley the sun was breaking through so the four of us hopped in the car and proceeded to checkout all the marinas and real estate in Marathon. We choose Cabana Breezes in Key Colony for an outdoor waterfront lunch overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. We are lucky to have the Gulf of Mexico on one side of the highway and the Atlantic on the other side of the highway.
Unfortunately when the four of us returned to the boat, the weather was deteriorating rapidly. The wind was picking up and blowing from the NW and increasing. Dennis and I opted to drive up to Keys Fisheries for take-out and dine on board in a warm, dry controlled environment. We brought back macadamia encrusted grouper, coconut ship and stone crab chowder and capped it off with key lime pie. It was an absolutely fantastic dinner. Well then the wind decided to treat us to a relentless pounding for the duration of the night and well into the next day. None of us had a restful sleep. It was an extremely uncomfortable evening on board bouncing all over the place. We felt so bad for Dennis and Diane having to endure such a difficult evening. The four of us enjoyed morning coffee on board, cleaned up, caught up on e-mails and headed out to Herbie’s for a really fun lunch before Dennis and Diane headed for Miami to join family for a Royal Caribbean Cruise. Thank you Dennis and Diane for a fun packed couple of Days here in Marathon.
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