Day 220, March 18th, 2010
First thing in the morning we heard from Rick and Wayne from "Amber Lee". We had met them in Demopolis and they were such fun. They left Demopolis before us, confident that they could get under the one short bridge and we'd been sad to see them go. Then we met them again in Mobile,AL where Rick's daughter was taking part in a National dinghy race. Rick and Wayne left the boat in Mobile on the trailer and went to their respective homes for a couple of months and then came back for another month of cruising. They'd chatted with Pea Soup in Fort Lauderdale and heard we were in Marathon so looked us up on arrival. We were so pleased to see them. They came and anchored near our mooring buoy and John went over to fetch them in the dinghy as they didn't have their dinghy blown up. We had such a fun time chatting over a cup of coffee.
In the middle of our visit "Barnacle Bill" arrived to dive on Periwinkle, clean the bottom and change the zincs. It was all good! Lots of entertainment! At one point (while Bill was below, breathing with his "hooker system" attached to an air compressor in his boat) Bill's boat came untied from the bow and started drifting away. Fortunately a stern line was still attached. John hopped over onto his boat and we managed to retie it. It caused the four of us some excitement. It was all news to Bill when he surfaced!
We were sad to say goodbye to Rick and Wayne and wished we could have spent more time with them. However, we're going to keep in touch and may get the opportunity to meet again as we move north.
We then smartened ourselves up and headed into shore. Met up with Barefoot and Cakaro in the common room and shared some info. re good anchorages on the way to the Chesapeake.
Afterwards we left in two cars for supper at Key Colony Beach Inn. Only about 20 minutes up the road. Had a lovely supper with Wayne and Bobbie, Ron and Meg and Ken from Dream Catcher. Ken is from Birmingham, England. His wife went home early to start a new job.
We had a yummy supper, and then went onto the local community theatre to see "Guys & Dolls". All done by volunteers. It was so good! They just did an excellent job. We all really enjoyed it. It was a great way to spend one of our last evenings in Marathon with good friends.
Again, we really hope to bump into Barefoot and Cakaro on the way north.
First thing in the morning we heard from Rick and Wayne from "Amber Lee". We had met them in Demopolis and they were such fun. They left Demopolis before us, confident that they could get under the one short bridge and we'd been sad to see them go. Then we met them again in Mobile,AL where Rick's daughter was taking part in a National dinghy race. Rick and Wayne left the boat in Mobile on the trailer and went to their respective homes for a couple of months and then came back for another month of cruising. They'd chatted with Pea Soup in Fort Lauderdale and heard we were in Marathon so looked us up on arrival. We were so pleased to see them. They came and anchored near our mooring buoy and John went over to fetch them in the dinghy as they didn't have their dinghy blown up. We had such a fun time chatting over a cup of coffee.
In the middle of our visit "Barnacle Bill" arrived to dive on Periwinkle, clean the bottom and change the zincs. It was all good! Lots of entertainment! At one point (while Bill was below, breathing with his "hooker system" attached to an air compressor in his boat) Bill's boat came untied from the bow and started drifting away. Fortunately a stern line was still attached. John hopped over onto his boat and we managed to retie it. It caused the four of us some excitement. It was all news to Bill when he surfaced!
We were sad to say goodbye to Rick and Wayne and wished we could have spent more time with them. However, we're going to keep in touch and may get the opportunity to meet again as we move north.
We then smartened ourselves up and headed into shore. Met up with Barefoot and Cakaro in the common room and shared some info. re good anchorages on the way to the Chesapeake.
Afterwards we left in two cars for supper at Key Colony Beach Inn. Only about 20 minutes up the road. Had a lovely supper with Wayne and Bobbie, Ron and Meg and Ken from Dream Catcher. Ken is from Birmingham, England. His wife went home early to start a new job.
We had a yummy supper, and then went onto the local community theatre to see "Guys & Dolls". All done by volunteers. It was so good! They just did an excellent job. We all really enjoyed it. It was a great way to spend one of our last evenings in Marathon with good friends.
Again, we really hope to bump into Barefoot and Cakaro on the way north.
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