Thursday March 20: The Fun Continues!

Kaitlyn with her matching goggles and fingernails!

I'm once again wondering where the time has gone. Tomorrow is Christi and Will's last full day to be here in the Keys - the time has flown!

Having Kaitlyn and J.P. around reminds me how much energy kids have - perhaps I will be able to develop a method to bottle this energy, sell it and become a millionaire :-)

I have to add that it has been a wonderful respite from the work on the boat. Either work for this boat or work for Guppy.

We are up in the morning and off to spend the day in a leisurely fashion rather than up in the morning and getting started on the latest project.

I have spent more time in the pool in the last week than I have for the last month! It's been great :-)

The weather has for the most part been quite nice. One of the past days was perfect for kayaking on the bay side so we used our two inflatable kayaks and were able to borrow a couple of other kayaks from boat neighbors.


It was a tour of the neighborhood in search of the monstrous iguana that live in the canals very near here to Banana Bay.

It was a group? pack? pod? flock? Whatever. It was a fun time and many iguana were spotted along the canals.

There was a hike among the hammocks, alligator viewing and enough interesting information along the trail to make it a learning experience as well!

The Keys Fisheries was on the list for lunch places. After lunch, Steve and I received the "Franko's Florida Keys Adventure and Dive Guide" as a gift from the Toracks - who knew that we published dive maps!!

Never saw any of these down here before - it was a fun find.



Yesterday was the perfect day for a trip on the Bay side. The object was to fish and see dolphins. The fish didn't cooperate and neither did the dolphins but we still had a nice day.


Kaitlyn caught the first fish of the day (longer than 3 inches at least!) with Will, J.P. and Steve quickly following suit.

None were keepers but at least there was a bit of catching going on.








One of the weirdest things was a huge flock of commerents along with the occasional pelican.  I was hoping this was an indication of schools of fish in the area but sadly it didn't turn out that way.

There was more kayaking today - this time at Sombrero Beach. The wind was out of the north so the south facing beach was perfect.

And it's so easy to deflate the kayaks, pack them in the back of the car and we were good to go. Except I forgot the pump to reinflate them :-(

Will and Steve zipped back for the pumps and all was good. Kaitlyn and J.P. took a spin down the beach and then turned the kayaks over to Will and Christi for a turn.

But there was still time for a divide and conquer to pare down the list of things to do. Christi and Kaitlyn went to the turtle hospital while Will, J.P., Steve and I visited the small but interesting Air Museum at the airport.

The neatest thing was you could sit in the cockpit of this plane from the 1940's (it still is flown on occasion). Grace Kelly was a passenger in this very plane when she was at the height of her acting career!










The small built by hand kit plane was a perfect fit for J.P. - maybe he'll end up being a pilot - who knows!


Tomorrow being the last full day will need to be a full one, right? I mean after all there are still a number of things on THE LIST :-)

I'm thinking it's going to be a late start though ........