Islamorada Time

Went back to KW for the Conch Fest where Karen displayed her Jewelry. Met up with Jon & Renee for a few hours at the show. Then we spent the night at our friends house in KW and back to the boat in Islamorada about a 2 hour drive.

The front that came across the US finally hit here with 50 mph winds. This marina is on the north side and it is rough when the wind blows from the north. Most of the time the wind blows from the East so the water on this whole side of the key is like glass. It has a sandy bottom with some coral. What a playground for people who love the water.

We have been exploring some of the subdivisions in the dingy & have seen some Manatee in one of the subdivisions close by.

Karen displayed her Jewelry at the Marathon Seafood Festival with a friend of hers named Holly whom makes belt buckles. They had a good show and we found a new credit card processor which uses a smart phone. Luckily Karen had an upgrade so I got a droid X. I love this thing, I can do most of what I use my computer for and it takes nice pics & video as well.

The same weekend as the Festival Linda & Carol drove down from Ft Lauderdale for a short visit.

We found a great bar/restaurant in Key Largo called the Pilot House. It has glass floors and places you can feed the fish through the floor. Good happy hour and food. We went there with our new friends and dock neighbors Mike & Kay Ann.

We drove up to Stuart Florida to check out marinas, then spent the night at Carol's condo right on the beach in Pompono Beach. The next day we went to the largest marine flea market in the county in Dania Beach.

We went on a glass bottom boat ride in Pennekamp State Park. They have a very nice Catamaran and it was a beautiful calm day. We saw lots of living coral, many different fish and stingrays.

We have had a couple of Manatee come up to the boat in the marina here. One even drank water from our air conditioner water outlet.

We drove back to Houston and dropped off our truck then flew back to Ft Lauderdal on Southwest Airlines. Thanks to Dave Frapart for the hospitality and ride to the airport. We spent Friday night at my sons house in Covington, then drove over to Lake Charles to my Mom's house. She treated us to a play called Aluminum at the Civic Center. While we were gone a tornado touched down on a boat about 150 feet from our boat. It tore the enclosure off a 90ft yacht. Glade it missed us!

Planning on heading north up the east coast around April 1st.