MONDAY FEBRUARY 15TH

Yep, sore heads. But not sore enough to stop Tami and I from going shopping at the stores we saw yesterday. They were chuck full of fun stuff and we stimulated the economy a bit before peddling back to the boat.


The guys had finished washing the boat and were waiting for us. We had plans to dinghy to Burdine’s Chiki Tiki for lunch.






























We all piled in to the dinghy but just as Ross was starting the motor, we noticed there was a young manatee under the dinghy. Even a baby is large. This one was maybe 5 feet or more, total. It swam back and forth under the dinghy and we could feel it’s back scrape along the bottom under our feet. It finally swam off and we were on our way.







Half way to Chiki Tiki we had more excitement as the plug popped out of the bottom of the dinghy and we were taking on water! Ross jammed the plug back in and did some frantic baling. Guess it’s time to replace the plug.

We continued on our way, enjoying the sun and semi-warm weather. We could actually get by wearing shorts and t-shirts as long as you stayed in the sunshine.







We spent the remainder of the day relaxing, napping and reading. We fixed our belated Valentine’s dinner and ate by candle light on the back deck. Tomorrow morning we are taking the bus to Key West for the day. So no dancing tonight. We learned our lesson last night!