Today, we dropped Reo off in West Palm Beach with Barb and Lee Fossett for 2 days and have traveled across Florida, mostly on Highway 80....which cuts under Lake Okachobee and through lots of sugar cane fields. Lots and lots of sugar cane fields!!!
The dirt was black as could be and we spotted several fires from burning the fields at harvest time. As we passed by the south end of the lake, we noticed the levey which keeps the Lake in its boundries....it was so high we could see any water!
We moved!
This morning, we got up early to MOVE THE BOAT. Our marina is well populated with other Krogen owners and most of them live across the harbor channel from us. "Over there" they have picnic tables, grills, protected parking right behind their boats and a lot of fun. They have "happy hour" every day at 5:30pm at the picnic tables....Sunday potluck dinners and occasional breakfasts on Sunday morning. They have been after us to "MOVE OVER". Well, yesterday, two boats pulled out from their docks on that side of the marina, to travel to other places, and the marina gave us permission to "join the Party". As we were getting the lines off the mooring poles and getting the engine warmed up...it looked like all were asleep across the water. All of a sudden one of the wives called over..."Did we need some help?" Told her any help would be great...all of a sudden there were 5 men on the dock waiting to help us with our lines. March will be a great month!
Lots of great restaurants in the area!!
No "Chain" restaurants either, in our adventures....
For instance...there's the Dog House for breakfast....that comes with 50's music, lots of canine "chachka" filling the walls....and a framed article from the paper that states they roll out the best eggs Bennedict in the area...our waitress was fabulous in her gold hoop earings .....
For those of you from New Jersey, the Taylor egg and ham sandwich went beyond EXCELLENT!
Downtown Jensen Beach is only about a mile from our marina and the local fare is pretty awesome....There is Crawdaddy's which from its name you can guess serves up "N'awlin's" fare. The waitresses wear shorts and skirts in a hot chille pepper print....and the homemade sauce on the table tells you why....
Just a bit north of town is "Crabby Joe's" where the meat just falls off the bones of their barbeque....and the Chonch chowder is served up with a bottle of sherry, which they just plunk down on the table for you to add to your taste....it is right on the water...and the rooms ramble on and on...like they added them one at a time as the need presented itself...the local fisherman who grace the bar are sunbronzed, wrinked, skinny and bearded....
We took a day trip up to Vero Beach and stumbled on another find....this one loaded with wraught iron grillwork and lots of eclectic art..even the ladies room stall doors had paintings on them...here are Keith and Helaine in front of the wood burning fireplace...
The Big Apple Bagel and Deli has HUGE muffins.....which makes breakfast at home a treat in itself.
HUNGRY?
Well Hi.....going to catch up on lots of stuff....
First of all....we will leave on Thursday for the other coast for the Sanibel Shell Show....then Helen is flying home to Boise for a while. progress has been made on the Valentine the Helen is working on....
Next step is to make about 400 little while flowers to fill in the background on the inner circle around the compas rose....so that will take a while.
We had company last week....Keith and Helaine Baldwin spent three days aboard ship and we learned a new meaning to the word relax...it was WONDERFUL...lazy breakfasts....the boys washed dishes......and we have proof for you non-believers...
Here they are again....different clothes...proof positive...
and what were the girls doing, you may ask...
