Today is Thursday June 2, 2011. I had some work related issues come up and have not been able to blog the past couple of days. The wind is still 15-20 knots from the NE. We stayed at the Marathon Marina the last two nights and there were several boats waiting to either cross over to the Bahamas or the west coast of Florida, like us. The collective wisdom on the dock is that Monday will be the first day we can cross. We have an open ride of about 60 miles in Florida Bay until we reach Naples, Fl. From there we go to Sanibel Island and will be back in the ICW until Clearwater, Fl. Because of work issues it looks like we will cut the trip short and leave the boat somewhere on the Florida west coast. Marathon is fairly economically depressed. The marina and people there were nice, but besides the one restaurant at the marina, not much to do. All dive trips were cancelled due to 5-6 foot seas. There were a few Grand Isle type bars within walking distance but that was it. Today we decided to make the 17 mile run to Little Palm Island Resort off of Big Pine Key. We had been here before many years ago, and it is on an island only accessible by boat, and is quite nice. We will stay to Sunday, then go back to Marathon and cross to Naples on Monday if the wind abates. This is a really nice stop, but we are leaving many dead presidents behind! Not a bad place to wait out the wind.
Rainbow over Florida Bay at Marathon
Little Palm Island pool.
This is a Key Deer an endangered species that lives on the islands.
This one ate the pineapple out of my drink!
For the price they put the boat name on the slip.
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