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| My Sis |
We brought up those pesky northerlies in our last posting; well
they are still pesky and blowing like hell. As we sit in our comfortable secure
slip it is blowing a gale today and who knows what the wind Gods will bring us
tomorrow. Anyway Christmas has past and a new year is marching briskly along
with these winds.
We have a new niece named Matty who was born in Key West at
the end of November. Michael’s sister Beth
visited her new Grand-baby in Key West and came up to Marathon and stayed with
us for a fun filled few days. We introduced her to Pura Vida (The Pure Life ) and
I think she liked it, a lot!!!
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| Dock Dynasty lunch |
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| Windy |
And like the winds from the north our girls blew through the
Key’s for the holidays. We have a blurred memory of our time spent in Key West
with them but our credit card company called twice to confirm the frequent
swipes there. Sloppy Joe’s, Capt.
Tony’s, The Schooner, Irish Kevin’s, Jack Flats, Smokin Tuna and of course
Margaritaville. If I could remember the
rest I would but some things just aren’t possible. To dry out we took the boat
out to a beautiful anchorage just west of Marathon enjoying the quiet sounds of
a brisk breeze, the site of a Florida Key’s sunset and the stars so bright you
could reach out and touch them. The following day we defied the weather (35
knots) and went sailing. The girls were brought back to their childhood
memories of all the good times we had sailing off the coast of So. California
when they were growing up. With the family together once again on the water it
was tempting to just keep going to distance lands forgetting the new
responsibilities they both had but like the cat in the cradle they had become
us, young adults and had to get back to the grind to forge their own lives. So
like a scene in a movie that keeps repeating itself we kissed them goodbye and
watched them until they quickly fade away down the long ramp wishing all along
that we could just keep them and sail away. Southwest giveth and Southwest
taketh away. So we are left here alone to enjoy the daily dock parties, the
frequent happy hours, the weekly golf outings, trips to the beach, Friday night
pot lucks, Dinghy poker runs, fishing, lunch out because we never catch any
fish, music at the Docksider and of course an occasional day sail out to the
reef for some snorkeling. Oh well life is a bitch then….
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| Proud Papa |
HAPPY 2014!
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| Key West |
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| Docksider |
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| Sisters |
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| Sailors at heart |
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| Kew West sunset |
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| Together again |
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| Just the two of us |
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| Golf teams |
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| Poker run |
