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| Sunrise Rainbow |
We try to be social and meet new boaters while still spending time with our old friends. We arrived here on Sunday and Monday I called the canvas guy. He will come to the boat and look things over and try to help us fix our problem. We received a call from George and Lucy who were traveling by car to Key West on Tuesday morning. We met them at the dinghy dock and rode with them to Key West for the day. Lunch at Sloppy Joes (live music), shopping the tee shirt shops and walking part of Duval Street were some of the things we managed in a short time.
Wednesday was another busy day. At SALT (sea air land technology) I scheduled an appointment to have them fix our Air X Marine wind generator that suddenly stopped working during our last trip to the Keys. We moved from the anchorage to temporary mooring W2. The W row is for the larger trawlers and cruisers. At 5:30 pm every Wednesday there is a "Meet and Greet" pot luck supper. We attended and met Rich and Anna. Both are retired postal workers from Chicago.
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| Bonnie's new Parrot Bike Horn |
Thursdays we like to attend the Hurricanes Happy Hour and "25cent Wings and Fries" We can get away with about $11.00 for the two of us! We rode bikes to restock groceries. The Publix market is one of our favorites. It is the better stocked and larger of the markets here. Others include Winn Dixie some other smaller independent grocers.
I ordered a new anchor lift (windlass) for Fiu. These are all anticipated expenses for this trip. We stopped at Hurricanes for their $5.00 lunch. We took time to bike to Sombrero Beach and take in a couple of hours of sun and sand!
Saturday we took the bus to Pine Key (senior discount only $1.50 each way) to visit the Nautical Flea Market. It was fairly small with not much we were interested in. We like the Islamorada flea market held a little later with huge areas of everything nautical. I picked up a new 50' dock line the last time we were here for much less than West Marine would sell it for.
Sunday we moved to our permanent mooring ball L8! I bought a small Danforth anchor for the dinghy. I understand this is necessary in the Bahamas due to the strong tidal currents in some areas!
This isn't like reading a novel but it does give a general idea of our day to day experiences here. I can't tell you how much better I feel in the warmer climate! We are together in this small space on board Fiu and one would think we would get on each others nerves. We manage quite well and try to get off the boat daily and ride our bikes. We have grown closer together and I wouldn't trade this for anything!
Captain Sid
