12/25/15
Harbour Cay Club, Marathon FL
Posted by Bill

Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope you all had a good one. We have been enjoying a week of wonderful weather and the last couple of days have been no exception. We have been enjoying time with friends, both old and new. The other day, our friends that have a house on Big Pine Key, Jim and Jackie, came up and took us to the grocery store and Home Depot. Then we went and had lunch together and caught up. They dock in our old marina on Lake Erie and have been friends for several years. Nice to have a car to load up heavy stuff at the grocery. Even better to see good friends! Then the next day, our friends from Lake Erie, Jen and John, picked us up and we went out for happy hour at Sunset Grill. They are the friends we had a dual wedding with and their parents have a house here in Marathon where they are staying for Christmas. We have been close friends since the early 1990s. Great seeing them too.

Last night we had a really nice dinner here at Harbour Cay Club. Everybody pitched in and we had a great Italian seafood dinner. Here are some pictures:

Then today we connected with friends and family outside of Marathon, mostly via Face Time (which is awesome), did some fishing (caught nothing), and had a great surf and turf dinner. It was very different from our traditional Christmas celebration before we started cruising, but was enjoyable. And how can you complain about this view:

Tomorrow…back to boat projects, and then plan a trip to Key West!!