Marathon -Boot Key

Finally over to City Marina to use their internet - sorry to take so long. Ruth is back in Marathon and we are having a great time! Esperanza is working good, except for a few problems with holding tank - all fixed now. We took some friends out to the reef by Sombrero lighthouse to do some reef fishing. Diane was amazing pulling in one fish after another, Gord from Ontario was close second and Ruth caught a few. It was a bit rough that day so some people weren't moving around the boat so well - no names mentioned to protect the innocent.

Yesterday, Kendall cleaned and filleted our catch - some Corgis, and Ruth even tried her hand at doing one - ick! The Pelicans were hanging around, including sitting right on the dingy, enjoying the fish scraps! After an afternoon of Ruth Kayaking with the girls, and very sore shoulder muscles (what a work out!), we enjoyed a fish fry with the gang from Canada and our local friends Kendall & Diane hosted. We had tons of food besides our catch including shrimp, frog legs, and fresh pineapple. Enjoyed by all!

Today we are catching up on laundry, housekeeping and anxiously awaiting a visit tomorrow from Scott's parents: Bess & Doug and his cousins Ray & Jim. We'll head back over this afternoon to Kendall & Diane's for a Daytona 500 party - should be more fun again. We are so lucky to be here!!! The weather is amazing and the water temps warming up - Ruth swam from the boat across the canal to Kendall & Diane's place on land yesterday morning. Awesome! Some pics attached for your viewing pleasure (See I'm back!!)

Cheers!