What Do You Do All Day? (Day 081)

Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, FL MM1195 Mooring Ball # N-9
LAY DAY

Weather: Cool, high 70, low 57; still windy, partly cloudy

Comment: It’s Saturday… time to go to the Big Pine Flea Market. We rode the bus to Big Pine where we disembarked, crossed the street, and strolled through the flea market. It took about two hours to see the offerings and purchase some fishing supplies, “T” shirts and Golf shirts after which we walked to NAPA in search of distilled water. Having none, we boarded the bus back to Marathon.

Our plan was to attend the Bahama’s Cruisers Seminar, but before that, we enjoyed lunch at Annette’s Lobster and Steak House. This is one of the restaurants that features a $5.00 lunch special. Anna Marie and I both ordered the Mojo Pork. It wasn’t what either of us expected, but it was good. Annette’s looks a bit cleaner that most of the other restaurants; we may try it again.

After lunch, we met the crowd in the new Tiki Hut at the City Marina. Captain Marty discussed weather reports and the equipment one needs to get accurate weather reports. There was a lot of discussion about Single Side Band and Ham radios in particular.

Amusingly, there was some discussion about a third year of a malaria outbreak on Great Exuma Island. The CDC recommends cruisers to the area begin taking Chloroquinine (a prescription medication) two weeks before entering the area, once a week while there, and for four weeks after leaving.

After about 1 ½ hours of small talk, with little hope of getting to the major topic soon, we, along with several other folks, decided to leave. Back aboard SUNSHINE, we chilled, read, did a few boat chores and watched a movie while having dinner.

The evening was to feature a gathering of musicians at the TIKI Hut. We arrived at 1800 hours to find one guitar player tuning up. Another showed up announcing the he had only been playing for two weeks and he knows four chords and one song. These guys were waiting for Randy to arrive with his twelve string guitar. We waited for 45 minutes. No one else showed up so we took our leave. We headed to the local cinema where we watched the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. It was a typical 007 movie with three big chase scenes and some spectacular stunts. It was moderately entertaining, but not among the best of the genre.

After walking back to the marina and riding the dinghy back to the mothership, we discussed our day’s activities and planned tomorrow’s events which include doing the laundry, working on the logs, preparing the boat for departure from the mooring field, and an afternoon game of Balderdash with the Mill’s (Dick and Libby), Captain Dave, and Jim and Loretta from Plan Sea.

Life is good in Boot Key Harbor!

Arial view of our location in Boot Key Harbor


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