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| Gina & Dean on the Flybridge |
Today was a Gooder day, we met up with Gina and Dean our friends that used to live next door to us in Grapevine and moved to Florida a couple years ago. We wanted to meet up with then in Punta Gorda where they now live, but we came through there Marina on Christmas Eve and they were back in Texas visiting family. Coincidently, they were in Marathon this week celebrating Gina's Dad's 80th birthday. So we hooked up for a sunset cruise this evening. Gina, Dean, Gina's Sister Cindy and husband along with Gina's Mom and Dad. The eight of us loaded up the boat and cast the lines at 4:30 from Stock Island and made a short dash to Key West 8nm away to watch the sun set. We passed by Mallory square where we watched the sunset days before with Tom and Nan. Every day hundreds if not a thousand people flock the docks at Mallory square in Key West to watch the sun set. We got to watch them watch us and the sun set tonight. It rained a bit and was cloudy so sunset was questionable all day, but when the time came the skies cleared enough for a beautiful Key West sunset. After the sun set, I put Gooder Days on Plane and hauled butt back to our Stock Island Marina as with the clouds and sun set, it was getting dark and crab pots are hard if not impossible to spot in the twilight and darkening hours. I pushed the throttles full speed ahead, it was not as bumpy on the return as it was on the way out thank goodness. We has 1-2 foot seas and 13kts of wind, right on the edge of not being comfortable but certainly safe and doable. I just did not want to have a bad experience for our guests. We pulled into the dock, tied up and the dinner prep began. Gina made a tasty chicken pasta meal that has been simmering in the crock pot for hours, it was delish! We sat around and caught up with old friends until 8 or 9pm then they packed it in and headed back to marathon as it was a 45 minute drive for them. It was a fun day and nice to get the boat out and work the engines. Could have been a smoother and sunnier day like it has been all week, but hey, it was still a Gooder Day with good friends. Tomorrow, sunshine and R&R with no plans but flip fops, sunscreen, and maybe a cold beer or two.
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| Mallory Square - Key West |
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| Sunset Pier |
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| Cruise Port |
