Shopping

Weather: Another hot one! Overnight temp was 77 degrees and the hot was a very muggy 85 degrees. Isolated thunderstorms were predicted, but, once again, they didn’t show up in Marathon! The wind was out of the south at about 10 knots. It felt much cooler on the boat than on land.

Comment: We have the rental car until 1700 hours. We were up at 0700 and off without breakfast or coffee. We stopped for a cup of brew at McDonalds and continued on as we weren’t hungry for breakfast.

The drive to Homestead was uneventful. I dropped Anna Marie off at the WalMart while I took care of business in town. My transaction went much quicker than anticipated, so I was able to get back to WalMart just in time to help with the shopping (Yippee!). We stocked up for several weeks, buying more than usual because we have transportation. In fact, we bought so much stuff that we had to make two trips in the dinghy to get it all to the boat.

On the way back to the boat, we stopped in the Key Largo Boater’s World where Anna Marie found a sale on shorts. I don’t have to tell you that she made a purchase or two. We then made our way to the Islamorada Fish Company for lunch and then to the World Wide Sportsman. We bought pants at that establishment.

We made it back to Marathon by 1600 and ferried the supplies to the boat. I returned the car by 1630 and the nice lady at Avis drove me back to the marina. After another dinghy ride, we were back aboard by 1715. The task of stowing all the supplies took hours and we needed several breaks to cool off.

We had leftover pizza for dinner and chilled for the rest of the evening.