We are on our way home !!

Our sunrise this morning before we left Key West

Gary untying from mooring ball

Us passing him...he is following us this morning

Captain Bobby ! 

Leaving mooring field

Mallory Square

For you Disney fans

Disney Wonder is in Key West this morning !

Disney Wonder

Mickey Mouse !!

Houses across from Mallory Square

Last Day Key West Post

Stats

# of Days in Key West

89 Days

(Dec 10 – March 8, 2013)

# of Days of Rain

14 hours

# of Totally Cloudy Days

8 Days

Lowest Temperature We Saw

56 Degrees

Highest Temperature

83 Degrees

Average Days Temperature

73 Degrees

Highest Wind

60 Knots

# of Pounds Lost (not enough!)

Bob  -  4 lbs

Lynn  -  5 lbs

# of Manatees Seen at the Mooring Ball

2

# of Dolphins Seen at the Mooring Ball

8

# of Naps (again not enough!)

30

# of Times Long Pants Worn

0

# of Movies Watched

3

 

# of Books Read

Bob & Lynn 3 each

  

# of Sunsets Watched from Storymaker

48

 

# of Sunsets Watched from Mallory Square

6

 

# of Sunsets Missed Due to Napping

4

Friends from Home That We Saw While in the Keys:

Jon & Jen

(our Daughter & Hubby)

Jack, Shelly, & Kyleigh

(Riverwatch Marina)

Ross & Randy

(Lynn’s ‘ole work buds at Harford County 911)

Larry & Terri

(Bel Air)

Mel & Jo

(Virginia)

Nick & Kathi

(Colorado)

Dave Cox, Doug & Ann Cox, Norm & Gail

(Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company)

Ernie & Gloria

(Riverwatch Marina)

Gordon

(Middle River Yacht Club)

Don & Jean

(Middle River Yacht Club)

Charlie

(Pleasure Cove Marina)

Mike & Sharon

(Illinois)

Ed & Mena

(Fallston)

Gary & Carol

(Bel Air)

Scott, Sharon, & Family

(Bob’s Fraternity)

New Friends We Met While in Key West

Gary & Janie

(Dream Catcher – MA)

Steve & Cindy

(Slip Away - MN)

Ed & Benia

(Genteel - Trawler)

Jay & Jean

(Miami, FL)

Guenther, Duke (his pup!) and Don his American Hero!

(No Name Houseboat - Germany)

Ryan

(sailboat – FL)

Rob & Ellie

(FL)

Bob & Nancy

(Rachel J - MA)

Hugh

(Drunk on a Junker Sailboat at Anchor)

Bruce

(Designed & Constructed His Own Catamaran - FL)

Jeff

(“Expert” Dinghy Motor Repair guy)

Jim

(Rock Island, IL)

Jim

(Veteran, Lost His Right Eye – FL)

Chris & Tracy

(Crisfield, MD)

Buford & Denise

(Manana, IN)

  

Bars Visited

Hogs Breath!

Barrelhead Bar

Bull

Captain Tony’s

Caroline’s

Coyote Ugly

Conch Bar

Conch Restaurant

Dante’s

Garden of Eden

Harpoon Harry’s

Irish Kevin’s

Fogarty’s

Flying Monkey

Red Fish, Blue Fish

Schooner’s Wharf

Shayla’s

Sloppy Joe’s

Smallest Bar

Southermost Cafe & Bar

Tree Bar

Willie T’s

Scars & Tatoos

McClellan’s Irish Pub

We had 3 to 5' waves today

It sure was choppy !

Bob bought new tethers for us

This is him demonstrating it for me :0)

I care, really I do :0)

Guess what we caught at 1145 this morning

You can barely see the line in the water 

There it is !!
A crab pot again !

Guess who gets to go swimming :0)

Bob gets to have all the fun !

Believe it or not, it wasn't as cold as 

he thought it was going to be !

(It's now 1415 and Gary is jumping in to 

cut a line from a crab pot he just snagged!)

 
Here it is !

Now I'm the Captain so Bob can get on

clean, dry clothes !

My Captain was cold & hungry

but feeling much better now !

Well lookie here....

Somebody put up their jib !!!

The Captain is taking his needed nap !  

Although, I doubt he is sleeping soundly

knowing I'm at the wheel !  

7 Mile Bridge

Inside the bridge

To the port

To the starboard

The channel we took to our anchoring sight

Kayaker's everywhere !

Here comes Jayne & Gary

And lookie here....

Ice is ready for Happy Hour !

Jayne & Gary all settled in...

Our sunset in Marathon

Janye & Jamine

Gary & Bob toasting to a great day  !

Dropped the mooring ball at 0645 and led Dream Catcher out from the Mooring Field.  The morning hours brought calm and sunshine as we passed the docks at Mallory Square.  The Mouse Ship was already there letting passengers off as we passed by.  We went up the Northwest Channel then turned towards the east.  We spotted some friends of ours; the dolphins!  Four of them came up and gave us a wink welcoming us back!  The winds picked up to a steady 12-15 knots, gusting to 20 knots.  Bouncing around until we picked up a ghost crab pot line.  Bob went into the water and freed the line all in one breath.

We then turned farther east down towards Marathon.  We hoisted the jib awhile and maybe gained another 1/2 knot.  Then the winds died completely, which was nice.  We passed under the Seven Mile Bridge with calm, flat seas.  We snaked into the harbor at Marathon and dropped the hook.  Gary and Jayne then came in and dropped theirs.  Bob & Gary took a quick ride around the hundreds of boats at anchor and on the mooring balls talking to some of the other sailors on catamarans.  I stayed with Jayne and Jasmine to unwind with a cold beverage.

But then it was back to Storymaker, a quick sandwich, and bed by 0830 hours!