JACKIE B III Going Loopy

While I flew up to North Carolina to pick up Lindsay and her family, Mike moved the boat 7 nautical miles from Marina Del Mar to Harbor on Largo.   Lindsay’s best friend from high school, Jessica and her husband Gerald are working on renovating this small marina on Largo Sound next to Pennecamp Park. Gerald and their son G helped a Mike with the move.  The entrance to the marina is very narrow.  I needed to speed this video up 3 times as they were very cautious and moving very slowly getting in.  I’m really glad I wasn’t there. The kids were thrilled to get there after a 2 day road trip. Gully was all set to take off in Zoom’s “little boat.” G was so sweet and prepared coconut drinks for all.  What a welcome! The kids had such a good time in this incredible oasis. Cass took to fishing right awa. Gully got in on it as well Ge was great with all the kids ad so very kind. Jessica was pretty amazing too.  I know I wasn’t volunteering to take the fish off t...

  There was a lot more to do in Key Largo beyond diving the reefs. We stayed at Marina Del Mar and had three pools with hot tubs to choose from. There was pickleball nearby that we took advantage of.  Mike of course found a sand bar to Kite on.  I didn’t tag a long.  Stayed at the pools  with shade and not so gusty. This photo is of him returning from the sand bar. On a calm day, Mike led a group of us to the sandbar where he kites. We had a blast standing in the warm water looking for Eagle rays and turtles. We even saw a nurse shark. The original African Queen from the Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn is berthed in the canal at the resort we are staying at. Many people take an excursion on her. So she went past our boat daily. These Loopers on Andromeda are from Lundington, Michigan so I’m hoping we will run into them again. It was pretty easy to find other loopers to dine with as anyone traveling on the outside of the Keys stops in at Marina Del Mar. Our...

  Our Voyage  “Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭69‬:‭34‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.69.34.NIV

We left Boca Chica Marina in Key West , but didn’t get too far.  We went out to Wester Sambo  Reef for a wonderful dive. We did see a shark and a sea turtle but we didn’t capture them on the video. We had a guest when we surface. He really didn’t want to leave us. But he finally decided to take off as we dropped off the mooring buoy, We returned to Marlin Bay Marina, definitely our favorite on the Loop.   This is the actual view from our slip. We had dinner with Looper friends, Shirley and  Tony from Puffin. We all played Pickle Ball too but moved on in a couple of days. It was great to see them again. Our Voyage    “You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭8‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬