Marathon

     Back home in Marathon.

     What?

     We now consider Marathon one of our homes now that we no longer have any connection to a dirt dwelling. Mystic, Ft Pierce and perhaps Annapolis are other places that feel like home.

     Previous blogs have detailed how we got here this year: staying on land for quite a while for repairs and completing the sale of our former house, stopping in the Solomons and Great Bridge while Carol worked and then a pretty quick trip down to Florida. What was the strangest was being in freezing weather, then pretty cold weather and then going from Charleston to Ft Pierce in one passage and getting into very warm weather.

     It's beautiful now down here. A little warmer than is usual. A summer weather pattern for a while longer. Anyway, here are some photos from our passages to Marathon 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

 

 

 

In the Keys Again - Almost

     We are anchored in No Name Harbor, Baggs State Park, Key Biscayne, FL.

     Almost the Keys. They start at Key Largo as far as I am concerned but Key Biscayne is close enough even though it's Miami.

     Very nice protected harbor but a little popular...very crowded. We seem alright for now. Tomorrow we head to Tarpon Basin, Key Largo and the next day we should be in Marathon, our southernmost destination this year. We need to get there before the world ends on 21 December. Do I need to buy Christmas presents? Or wait?

     In Fort Pierce, with help from a consulting engineer and a consulting friend, Mike Guay, we completed rewiring of our AC electrical system and installed a new regulator on our generator. Seems to be working fine now but I've said that before. The rewiring should protect the regulator. May have done so already.

     We spent an extra night in Ft Lauderdale due to the forecast and had the chance to watch their boat parade. Too long. Too commercial. But very pretty. We didn't stay until the end. Old folks need their sleep. Some Floridiots came into our anchorage after the parade and made a heck of a racket trying to anchor while well lubricated with adult beverages. I use adult very loosely. 2100 to 2300 noise. Nice.

     Here is the photo of the submarine we encountered off of the St Mary's River. I assume they were going to our sub-base in there for work. This is obviously not in our navy.

     Next blog from Marathon!