After our exciting day at Mile 0 we spent most of the weekend working around the boat doing some routine chores. Monday I was able to get 2 big mechanical issues hopefully resolved for good. Keep knocking projects off the list but some of my more tedious things are yet to come. They aren't urgent so no hurry on them.
Tuesday after doing all the hard work Monday we took a bike ride to Sombrero Beach and it was actually warm enough to get in the water although the water was on the chilly side.
Despite their location, the Keys don't have beaches like Daytona. For the most part they're small, natural kept and have grass or rock in the water. The water however is very clear. Here is our cruise director enjoying the weather with the iconic beach palm tree behind her.
Yesterday we had a treat when one of our dock neighbors called us there was a manatee swimming by our boats. Seems there is a pod of them hanging out around here from time to time. We caught him or her nibbling on some grass along the dock.
What a beautiful creature. I've seen them in many settings before but this one in the wild so up close and active was very exciting. Hopefully they'll come back before we leave. Fun to watch them swimming around and eating.
This past weekend some friends from Chicago came down to enjoy a respite from the brutal weather up north in their Marathon timeshare. We've been hanging out with them pretty much since they got here and yesterday we did some sight seeing around the Keys. Here is a picture of us by a point on Fat Deer Key snapped by someone biking by who stopped to chat.
So today is a quiet inside day waiting for the rain to pass.
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