Oooopsie Daisey

We are getting acclimated to being in one spot for a period.  It has been almost a year since we have spent more than several days in the same place, so the thought of being in Marathon for around 3 months is sometimes hard to comprehend.

Within this first full week here we had some excitement.  One night last week Keith was up on the back of the fly bridge grilling steak for dinner when he came down and asked for the binoculars.  He said a boat appeared to have run aground on the rock jetty while coming into the marina in the dark.  Sure enough, a very nice center console had missed the channel marker and had run hard aground on the rocks.

This is what it looked like that evening, hence the title "Oooopsie Daisey."

You can see the rock jetty alongside the boat.

A small boat from in the marina went out to try to help him off the jetty, but it was no good.  He was stuck "but good".  There was no way he was moving that boat at least until morning.

This is what we saw come morning

That afternoon at high tide, Tow BoatUS came and tried to pull the boat off of the rock wall.  To all of our amazement, they were able to pull him off and the boat appeared to be without any major leaks.  This is an example of why it is really not a good idea to be out at night boys and girls.

Tow BoatUS getting ready to pull him off the jetty

Captain Keith and I have been trying to play some tennis now that there are some courts just a mile from the marina.  We have not played since college and are a bit rusty and 30 years older.  The journey of a thousand miles, however, starts with the first step and so we trudge on with our game.  I DESPERATELY need some new sneakers.  Part of my problem is my shoes.  The tread is coming off the bottom of both sneakers.  The tread is also coming completely loose from the shoe itself.  I know our friends Brad and Lara are probably cringing at this right now.  However, I rarely wear sneakers.  I am almost always in my Sperry's or Tevas' or just barefoot on the boat.

Not to fear however, thanks to Christmas gift certificates I have some new tennis shoes ordered from Amazon.  My new sneakers are hopefully arriving next week.  This should improve my game at least a little.

In the meantime, we have also done a good bit of bike riding since arriving in Marathon.  One day we headed to some of the other marinas, the marathon golf course, and Sombrero Beach.  This was quite a ride and we figured we probably biked something near 8-10 miles total.  Here are some of the sites.

Marathon Country Club Golf Course

They have 9 holes up and running, but the other 9 holes are still not repaired from Hurricane Irma.  Keith called the 9 holes that were operational a "Goat Track".  In other words, the condition of the golf course was less than optimal.

This is some of the course still not repaired

Below is a picture of Sombrero Beach.  It is one of only a few natural sand beaches here in the area.  It is quite a way from our marina (about 4 miles).  If we come back to spend a few hours we would likely take a cab instead of our bikes.

Captain Keith also purchased his Florida fishing license and so in the next several days we may do some dinghy exploring and fishing.  Stay tuned.