Jammin' with Friends

Last week Keith got a rental car and drove north to Stuart to visit his parents for a few days.  He was also able to see his older brother Bruce and Bruce's wife Debbie as they have a winter home in Stuart also.  After some quality family time he headed back south to the Miami boat show to meet up with Dave and Janet (our friends from NC).   They all spent a full day Thursday at the boat show and then Friday drove to Marathon.

Once Keith, Dave, and Janet arrived at Southern Style on Friday afternoon; the relaxation began.

Keith and Dave

 We tried to do a dinghy ride for them, but it was just a little too windy.  Instead we drove around a bit and eventually ended up at Sunset Grill for dinner.  After dinner back on Southern Style, Dave pulled out his guitar.  We also had our friends Sue and Tom from their boat "Belle" join us for a jam session.

Friday night Jam Session  (Keith and Tom who is on drums aka boat bucket).

Janet and Keith getting into the music

Dave and Gail trying to find the lyrics via iPhone

Sue and Dave and Pengi just a jammin'

Our other friends and neighbors Cindy and Peter heard the ruckus and decided if you can't beat 'em you might as well join 'em.  Pengi seem to be working his way closer to the bottle of  Patron XO Cafe'.  Should I be worried?

The singing lasted until around midnight when we decided to call it a night.  Everyone turned in for a much deserved night of sleep.

Saturday morning was a beauty

When everyone had a chance to get up and have coffee and a light breakfast, we took the car down across the 7 mile bridge to Bahia Honda State Park.  I had read on a travel blog that this was one of the best beaches in the United States.  Now I do not want to offend anyone who is a local, but it was not all that great for me personally.  The day certainly was beautiful and the water color a perfect blue, however the beach is very narrow with little sand and there was a lot of sea grass washed up which took away from what little sand there was and it smelled to high heavens.  We did check it out though because you don't know if you don't try it.  I for one am sticking to NC beaches for now.

Bahia Honda State Park

Lunch was at Lazy Days Grill in Marathon.

Lazy Days Grill

The view from the deck at Lazy Days was pretty nice.

These were our drinks.  My Mango Bango in the front was quite tasty.  Janet had the Bushwhacker (it has the whipped cream), Keith had an "Orange Crush" and Dave stuck with Corona.  Janet said her drink was like desert.

After lunch we did some more relaxing because we had worked so hard Saturday.

Dave, Keith and Gail chillin' on the Fly bridge (picture courtesy of Janet)

Janet and Dave in the driver's seats

Sunday was another challenging day of relaxing, driving around Marathon a bit to see the Marathon City Marina, Marathon Golf Course and checking out Burdine's  for french fries.  We also had to take in some pool time and Dave and Keith went fishing for just a little.  

Janet, Keith, and Dave coming back from a dinghy ride

While the boys were fishing, Janet (who is a personal trainer) was kind enough to give me some pointers and exercises for my knee injury ( probably a muscle pull from playing tennis).  She and I went to the work out room at the marina, and her exercises really seemed to help (thank you Janet, you are an angel).

Dave and Janet had to leave Monday morning and we were sorry to see them go.  Keith and I did our best to convince them to add a day or two to their trip, but to no avail.  After they left on Monday morning, Captain Keith and I took Southern Style out so she could burn some diesel.  It was a very pretty day.

View while taking Southern Style for a run.  7 Mile Bridge in the distance.

She ran quite well and we gave her a much deserved bath once we returned.  Overall it was a very productive day.