Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Tuesday
February 7th, 2017

Last weekend Joell and I went to the Pigeon Key Art Festival....

The band stand.... 

Vendors selling their wares...

Interesting fellow...  plays along with whatever band is currently playing...

He has special boots with tin cans on them to add some percussion...

The Turtle Hospital was there with one of their rescued turtles....this guy bites...

A great sand sculpture...

Nice ehh...



We picked up this tray....


All hand done by a couple here...
Shell, Shrimp, starfish and crab...


Shell and a fish....
the bottom...

Back at the Marathon Marine for a chili cook off and the Super Bowl party...
Here's Patrick and Joell.....  Patrick is from Green Bay...


John and Suzanne from Zeelander a catamaran...

Another sunset....

 The new Trim Tabs are in....
Opps, the holes are in the wrong place for the hydraulic rams....
Drill Time...

36' long by 12' wide...

The two holes should of been on the right where the second ram pivot is sitting...

Some of the problems with the old Trim Tabs....
Rusted holes right through the darn things...

A couple more holes where it pivots from off of the transom...

same holes as above...

A couples of rivets were missing also...

Another rivet missing....

More holes...

Three of the four hydraulic ram pivots that were also all replaced....
All new ones are installed and good to go...Mike did all the work himself, with Joell handing him tools.  Not one new item was lost into the sea 😁

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Saturday Evening
February 4th, 2017

Headed over to:

               Burdines Waterfront

Cafe
to meet Myron and Linda, Loopers from the Pewaukee, Wisconsin area...

Brudines on the second floor....



Nice use of old license plates...

Joell checking out the menu...

Next to Burdines is Faro Blanco Marina which was hit with a hurricane and never reopened...

A little rough looking...

Faro Blanco

Hey, Myron and Linda just showed up...

Ahh, the start of the Sunset here in Marathon...




A dinghy got in the picture...

Suns almost gone....

Saturday 
February 4th, 2017

Cookin in the Keys
at
Marathon Marina

The guys are learning to cook something special for Valentine's Day
This is Chef Carl
30 years as a chef, teaches culinary classes at the Marathon High School

Working on the appetizer, Crostini's with PEI Mussels and Top Neck Clams...


Tasting our appetizer..

Keven and Marlin loading up...10 students in our class...

Main Course Hog Fish....

Shrimp for garnish...

Filleting the Hog Fish...

Honey and Chipotle sauce...
Pan fried Hog Fish over Jasmin Rice with Kale on the side and a shrimp garnish...


Deserts...

Strawberries sitting atop warmed Nutella with Brie on the side...


Stacked chocolate cake, whipped cream, raspberries with Carmel on top...