Thursday

February 9th, 2017

Marathon Marina Dinghy run to 

Sombrero Beach...

I'm riding in front...

Yes, that's Joell driving...

Try to focus Joell....

A couple of tail gaters...

What's this, it's a Lord Nelson boat... 

Joell and I almost traded the Silverton in for this to do the Great Loop...

15 dinghys signed up... 

What are these 4 antennas which are owned by the military?

Their pumping 15 Kilowatts of propaganda into Cuba and Cuba blocks it we were told...

Also as you drive by in your boat with all the electronics on board, we've been told that the wattage caused things to crash until you get by it...

Back at Marathon Marine and RV Resort 

The RV area can hold 8 big RV's and according to the guys from these RV's this one's in the 

3 Million dollar range..

Granet counter tops, floors and showers...

They weigh around 50,000 pounds and the owners pay $2500 per month to park them here...

Some fellas showing a smaller Mahi-Mahi that they were getting ready to fillet...We will be fishing next week Tuesday or Wednesday.  Hope to catch anything.  Well, maybe not a shark. 😁

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 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....