Saturday March 30: Surona Arrives !

Peter and Cheryl on Surona arrived to Marathon shortly before noon yesterday after spending a very bumpy night at anchor. They had made about 70 of the 90 miles to Marathon before it got dark.

With loads of crab pots all over the Gulf, it was a good decision even though I don't think they slept much with the wind and waves.

Their marina is on the ocean side as Surona draws 5.5 feet and cannot travel to Banana Bay as it is too shallow. So we rode our bikes the 2 miles to stand by as they arrived.

It was great to see them again! We last left them on a rainy nasty day in Fenelon Falls in Ontario last September.

Meanwhile for the last couple of days it was back to unfinished business. We've spent the days with the last projects to be completed before we leave on Monday.

One was the wallpaper behind the dinette seating. I cut a pretty good width out so the replacement piece would totally cover where the old seam was.

It worked great and I was very pleased with the end result!

Now I can have fun just looking at the dinette seating :-)

Steve's bread, on the other hand, wasn't quite as successful! But wow did it look great all through the process as he food processed the sprouts, added a bit of flour, let it rise and finally into the oven it went.

Really looked and smelled great when he removed.

And then he cut into it ......

Yikes! What happened? It was totally gooey mess and even baking it a bit longer didn't help. Something was NOT right.

Turns out the sprouts are to be harvested when they are between 1/4 and 1/2 inch long. The ones Steve used were about 3 INCHES long :-)  Oops - guess they were left to grow just a bit too long! But he already has a new batch grown and will try again - probably tomorrow.

In the meantime, Peter and Cheryl joined us for dinner after they had a much needed sleep. Amazing how well they clean up :-)

Steve made beet burgers - yes, they really are good and that coming from a person who does not like beets!

Today it's off to Key West for the day although I suspect it will be a crazy place since it's still Spring Break and there are kids everywhere.

We were going to take the $1.50 bus down but our neighbors Valerie and Frank offered to give us a ride. They are headed down anyway and have room for the 4 of us in their Cigarette boat! What a fun way to get to Key West! How nice of them - should be an interesting day ......

Only one green flash so far this season - I've not given up hope yet though. Perhaps it will be tonight ....