Marathon on Vaca Key

We now have been at Faro Blanco for a full week. We are making new friends as you can see by scrolling down to the Docktails gathering by the light house. This occurres at 5 PM every night, weather permitting. It might we a good thing that the wind has blown hard 4 of the last 7 days, not sure docktails 7 days a week is a good idea.  I would guess there in excess of 15 Looper boats here!

The wind died down on Thursday so we took the dingy down and cruised down the gulf, under the 7 mile bridge and into the Atlantic and to the entrance to Boot Key Harbor.  All in all, about a 1 1/2 hr cruise.  Friday's weather was also fairly calm so we road the bikes down to the Steak and Loster house for early happy hour.  $2.75 drafts, 5.95 for a half proud of peal and eat shrimp,Tuna, wings, and other appetizers. We got back in time for docktails! Saturday was beautiful , we took a 3 1/3 mile walk down to the 7 mile Bridge and back, then biked down to the grocery store and back. In the afternoon we hung out at the pool for a couple hours.

Our plans for the Bahamas are starting to shape up. We have met two other couples who are heading over about the same time. One is a 48 foot Sea Ray Sedan Bridge and the other is a 47 ft Grand Banks. Our ridgid plan of infinite flexibility is as follows.  Around the 10th of March we will cross to Bimini from the Islamarada area.  We will then move on to the Berry Islands, Nassau, and the Abaco. We might sneak in some time in the Exumas. Our plan includes being home around June 1st.

Happy Valentine's Day