Aaahhh....Marathon.....
It's so nice to be in the Keys, with weather getting warmer (anything above 30 feels toasty now), the water beautiful, and easy walks or bike or dinghy rides to revisit fun places. Laundry's caught up, Publix has replenished our larder, boat's clean(ish), dinghy's repaired and clean, and now we can concentrate on beach walks, sunsets, and meeting new people. There are boat projects to finish (begun in TN last year) and new ones to start, but we're on island time now.
We toasted our arrival in the Keys with mimosas on Optimystique, and heard Joe Mama play at Dockside, so we're officially here now. We've seen and heard of several boats and people we traveled south with or met along the way, and have already met new people in Boot Key Harbor. It was fun to listen to the cruiser's net at 9:00 a.m., which we loved on earlier visits. It's a combination of announcements of upcoming events (and there are so many!), requests for or offers of help, and Treasures from the Bilge (buy, sell and giveaway). It's amazing and heartwarming how many people are involved with community service and aid to others in need. A boat left yesterday for Haiti, loaded with water and supplies for an orphanage, and they left with many donations from the harbor population. There are always benefits for local and national organizations, and the people in the harbor appear to be most generous (even though we all know how tight sailors are rumored to be!).
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