Leaving a rainbow behind in Key West
And we’re off! It’s
been a great three weeks in Key West. It was a perfect place to celebrate the holidays. New Year’s Eve in Key West was a bit less
crazy than we had anticipated, though we had a fabulous evening none the
less! Martin and I invited a few couples
from the marina to come over for a drink early in the evening. Every day we
pass folks on their boats and say hello.
It’s nice to get together and actually meet them! We had a lovely time and really enjoyed our
happy hour with everyone. Then we went
off with Sean & Louise to see what was happening around town. We had 10pm
reservations for dinner but were relieved to find a nice restaurant with a
cancellation that could take us, right on Duval. We walked up and down Duval
Street after dinner and then decided to return to Blossom so we could watch the
wench drop from mast of the pirate ship across the way. I was bad about taking
pictures, other than a banjo-playing Darth Vader, but Sean got a few good ones
from the evening.
Darth and a banjo
On the 2nd we had to move out of The Galleon
Marina so we popped over to the City Marina fuel dock, just across the waterway
from Vector. We were a bit sad to leave The
Galleon as we were making friends with some of our neighbors there and enjoying
visiting with everyone. Our new home,
however, is in the thick of things and a stone’s throw from Vector. We have an amazing view of the entrance of
the harbor and all the tourist boats coming and going.
Vector, second boat on the left, we moved to the fuel dock
directly in front of them
We had a couple very exciting wildlife sightings last week.
The day my Mom left, we were walking along our dock and saw a crowd gathered
around. There was a manatee sleeping peacefully in one of the slips. He even
let us pet him (felt like wet leather).
Manatee
The next day we were on the west side of the island visiting
another Nordy and another creature appeared. This was a giant grouper. I’ve
never seen one before and it was amazing!
He was about 5 or 6 feet long and Huge.
He was big enough to have a couple small remora hitching a ride.
Big Guy
As our time here has been winding down, we’ve been making
plans for heading out to the Dry Tortugas on Monday. There’s a front coming in
on Thursday so we may end up staying there for a few days longer than we might
otherwise, but we’re looking at it as a break from busy Key West. We’ll be off
the grid, with no phone or internet so I imagine we’ll all be very productive J We’re hoping for some serious “play time”
with the toys. If weather permits, this
will be a perfect place to take out the kayaks and SUPs and get in the water
for some snorkeling and maybe even go diving!
Once we get a fairly calm weather window we’ll head to the
St. Petersburg/Tampa area. We expect that to be sometime next weekend.
Vector leaving for the Dry Tortugas
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