We finally had a couple days of low winds, time to go fishing. Cindy has been wanting to try fishing under the bridge and I am always ready. We headed out full of optimism. The first hour and a half we caught nothing! Fortunately, Cindy is patient and good company. Finally she had one on the line but it got away. :-( Then she got another bite and successfully landed a nice sized Bar Jack. Not great eating so we threw it back, but fun to catch.
Shortly later, she caught a very nice Yellowtail Snapper. Very good to eat!
Eventually I caught a Bar Jack and we both caught a few small fish. Not the most productive day fishing but then it is called "Fishing", not "Catching". It was a fun outing and we'll try again.
Linda is recovering very well from the knuckle replacement surgery. Our friend Sharon from Stevedore decided she should get some flowers for the boat since they didn't even keep her overnight. She surely would have been given flowers if in the hospital. We put them on the front dash and everyone outside enjoyed them as well as us inside. Everyone has been very supportive, and although we really don't need anything but time to move quickly to recovery, it definitely feels like home to have such great people for friends. Certain unnamed people have led Linda astray with brownies and some kind of chocolate lava cake. I did my part to save Linda from herself by consuming some of the contraband! Really tough duty but you do what you have to do!
The manatees were back this morning! I enjoyed watching them try to maneuver themselves so they could both catch the drops of water under the docks. It was interesting that they were not competitive nor pushing each other out of the way. Instead they just slowly moved back and forth until they both could get some water. Hmmm, could we humans maybe learn something here?
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| Such large tails! |
I included the picture below to show how large their round flat tail is. It is impressive and enables them to move incredibly fast if they choose to do so, which isn't very often.
We are anxiously waiting for Friday when Linda has her followup visit to have the splint and bandages removed. Then she'll start physical therapy. In the mean time I had a couple boat projects, found and repaired a fresh water system leak and changed an impeller in a macerator pump, (part of the sanitary system).
Very strong winds came in last night with almost continuous lightning about 3:00 AM. When I woke up it looked like a strobe light or something. I got out of bed to look and the lightning was almost continuous for almost 15 minutes. Then the storm arrived with 45 knot winds and rain. It was very good to be tied to a dock! Woke up this morning to strong winds and grey skies, its not always sunny in the Keys, ....but the sun was shining by 2:00 PM.
More in a few days!
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