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Marathon, a sailor's mecca
Oh, the crab pots! Mike and Dutch threaded their way through the dangerous crab pots--a tiring trip. Were glad to reach the friendly town of ...
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Fun with Friends
Staying in an area has given us the opportunity to connect with more friends and do more things. Three of the four State Parks we are staying at for February and March of this year are within a half hour of each other making for easy connecting ...
Kayaking with Iguanas
People make life interesting......in our Crazy Fish life style that is more true than ever! One great way we are meeting new friends is to go over to say, "Hi" to other people traveling in the same RV as Crazy Fish. It is always the ...
Family on the road!!!
A call from Betsy and Rick to tell us to connect.....a call from John and Susan that they are in the area......and, POW!!! we are having lunch with family while on the road !! The wonder of connecting! John and Susan ...
Bouncing around the Keys
... and Fred, who were staying at Long Key and made dinner plans to eat at a hole in the wall called Fish Tales on Marathon Key. Good dinner with great conversation and connection. The staff had to ask us to leave when we were the last people hanging out ...
Tucked in at Marathon
... death. After a rough night Friday night with high winds and lots of waves, we got out of Russel Key on the bay side of Marathon as soon as there was enough light to see. Crab pots are always an issue for us in these waters and can be very ...
Big Bend National Park
... With Great memories, quite a few photos and some very sore feet from pulling the boat upstream we left big bend to stay at Marathon, the gateway town for a couple of nights R&R with a full hookup. We have slowed down a bit knowing we ...
Road Trip Videos
As promised, here are the missing videos (selected) from the first half of the trip. I had problems converting my QuickTime vids from the camera to a proper format and size for the blog. I actually bought a video editing program (Corel Video ...
Did I say nowhere TX?
OK this place makes the last place look like Vegas. I am sitting in back of a grocery mart on a milk carton, plugged into an outlet that I share with the ice machine as the cats walk by looking at me with a puzzled stare. Now this is ...
Turtle Hospital
Auf der Rueckfahrt nordwaerts machen wir Halt in Marathon, wo wir das Turtle Hospital besuchen. Die Crew des Spitals hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, verletzte Schildkroeten gesund zu pflegen (Operation falls noetig und Physiotherapie) und wenn irgend ...
Big Bend - Hiking in Texas
Big Bend Naitional Park is in remote southwest Texas - NOT close to anything. A full day's drive from El Paso got me there just in time for a good's nite rest at the Park Lodge - pictured on the right with fog rolling in. The Park is a full 7-10 hour ...
Seven Mile Bridge
Pierwsze dni naszego pobytu w USA to chillout na plażach Florydy a konkretnie Florida Keys. Florida Keys to mający ponad 100 mil ciąg wysepek biegnących w kierunku Kuby. Wysepki oddzielają Zatokę Meksykańską od ...
THE FAMILY ARRIVES
... ; Had a very relaxing evening on Spindrift. March 29, 2010 Today we are moving Spindrift from Boot Key Harbor over to the Marathon Yacht Club so that the shower and bathroom facilities and access to land is a step away. NOAA reported a cold ...
ah, le voilà
Après 2h30 de voiture et presque une heure d'attente, on le voit enfin. Il reste encore plusieurs préparatif avant de partir, mais il est en bonne shape comme on dit. prochaine étape key ...
02 Everglades Xmas
... paychecks) for migrant workers. Also, millions of fish have died along with many endangered Crocodiles and Manatees. Visited Bucky in Marathon (down near the Conch Republic) to see his “house sitting” boat, a C&C-38; Dagger, the ...
Another Fantasy Fest - Habitat for Insanity
... by our good friends, Charlotte, Todd, Andrea, Bill, Chuck, Bob, Carol and Charlotte's niece and husband. We spent a few days in Marathon and then headed down to Key West for the Saturday night parade. Some good friends of ours have a condo down in Key ...
Marathon for a few days
Arrived back in Marathon after being gone for months. Lots of yard clean up. We also had 2 Servas guests from Michigan. These guests had been at the Servas convention in Fort Laudedale and wanted to see the keys for a few ...
Big Bend National Park
I went to Big Bend National Park today. It's nearly an hour drive from Marathon to the park entrance. I first went to the Persimmon Gap Visitor Center where I looked at the exhibits, talked to a ranger for recommendations on what to do and ...
LIFE CONTINUES ON THE MOORING......
... up it was easy to get down the canal systems. They started in NY and came down the Trent Severn, Kentucky Lake etc to Marathon. They leave their boat in Tampa and travel north to stay with their kids along the way. Notta bad ...
Christmas with the Family
The first thing I did when we returned from Mexico was bake christmas cookies for all the neighbors and businesses we deal with in town. That is a huge production and was accomplished before the family arrived. I made lots of cookies for the family too. ...
30 Hours to Florida
... coming up the coast. We were able to stop late at night at Jed's and Cecilie and catch a few hours of sleep before continuing to Marathon. We had 24 hours in Marathon - enough time to do some yard clean up and put up a few of our hurricane shutters. We ...
Back for the Cowboy Social
... to have a look at the replica of Tall Rockshelter, a prehistoric pictograph. Our main decision for back tracking was to return to Marathon for their Cowboy Social which started at 3pm. The museum was only small so took us under an hour to go around, so ...
The Keys; Florida
The big chill hit the U.S. so we continued further south to the warmer weather. The resort was homely, friendly and perfect for us. An absolute highlight was visiting the Turtle Rescue Hospital and the next day rescuing two Hawksbill Turtles from the sea ...
Enroute to Key Largo, FL
... ; He would know. He started snorkeling around here when he was 12. So late in the day we continue to motor over to Marathon which is about halfway back along the keys. We drop the hook in an exposed bay off of Boot Island near ...
STILL LIVING ON A MOORING
... . Now we’ve got a new home looking at a whole different set of boats. We came ashore and biked down to Marathon Deli for their DELICIOUS Cuban sandwiches. It is hot and sultry with the south wind. We came back, took our showers, ...
A few more days in Marathon
Completely exhausted from all the driving we arrived back in Marathon for a few days. We had just enough time to have some dinners with friends and repack our bags for ...
Digging ditches and Helping out in Cleveland
... get ready to move to her new house in the retirement community where we moved my parents in December. It was a few hectic days of moving boxes and running around. I flew back to Marathon to spend a night and take off with Peter to ...
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE ......
Sunday we were slugs! Didn't do much of anything and was exhausted doing it!! We did get a ride down to Walgrens so that I could get my prescription which has a co-pay of forty-seven cents! Jan from IVORY LADY a 43’ Mainship ...
Quick turnaround in Marathon
Back to Marathon to wash some clothes and pick our fishing rods for a couple of weeks at our house in ...
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