Weather: Mostly sunny; still breezy N to NE @ 15 knots; temp range 70 – 80 degrees; light chop in the harbor
Comment: Arrrrrrgh! It’s Pirate Day at Pigeon Key. We met Pat and Ray for the bike ride to the Pigeon Key Visitors’ Center where we boarded the Paradise Dive boat for the “ferry” ride to the key. There were lots of pirates, swords, guns and muskets and cannon. We had a good lunch (choices were pig, cow or dog, soda, water or rum punch). One building had a nice collection of photos and artifacts from the construction of the Overseas Railroad. One room in the old house was set up as a theater of sorts and we watched a DVD tribute to Henry M. Flagler. The flick was made in the early 80’s and made Flagler out to be a hero, philanthropi
st and all around good guy. At one point the narrator claimed that he had mastered the “art of landfilling.” Who know filling in wet lands was an art?
Following the ride back to the boat, I finished reading about the first voyage of Christopher Columbus and its aftermath in all of Europe. I’m about to reread the chapters about his second voyage.
For dinner, we rode the dinghy to shore where we met Pat and Ray and Joe and Ziggy at the Chinese Restaurant. The food was very good and reasonably priced. Joe offered that this is his seventh trip to Marathon by boat and that he follows a routine. He visits the Chinese Restaurant once per trip and has always ordered the same meal. It was a delightful dinner with delightful friends.
Following dinner, Anna Marie and I walked to Publix to buy a few groceries. We walked back to the boat where we relaxed, tended to the logs and did some reading.
Comment: Arrrrrrgh! It’s Pirate Day at Pigeon Key. We met Pat and Ray for the bike ride to the Pigeon Key Visitors’ Center where we boarded the Paradise Dive boat for the “ferry” ride to the key. There were lots of pirates, swords, guns and muskets and cannon. We had a good lunch (choices were pig, cow or dog, soda, water or rum punch). One building had a nice collection of photos and artifacts from the construction of the Overseas Railroad. One room in the old house was set up as a theater of sorts and we watched a DVD tribute to Henry M. Flagler. The flick was made in the early 80’s and made Flagler out to be a hero, philanthropi
st and all around good guy. At one point the narrator claimed that he had mastered the “art of landfilling.” Who know filling in wet lands was an art?Following the ride back to the boat, I finished reading about the first voyage of Christopher Columbus and its aftermath in all of Europe. I’m about to reread the chapters about his second voyage.
For dinner, we rode the dinghy to shore where we met Pat and Ray and Joe and Ziggy at the Chinese Restaurant. The food was very good and reasonably priced. Joe offered that this is his seventh trip to Marathon by boat and that he follows a routine. He visits the Chinese Restaurant once per trip and has always ordered the same meal. It was a delightful dinner with delightful friends.
Following dinner, Anna Marie and I walked to Publix to buy a few groceries. We walked back to the boat where we relaxed, tended to the logs and did some reading.
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