We're at Marathon Key, tied up to our favorite dock space where we can see sunsets directly into the Atlantic Ocean right from our aft deck. Very nice!

We left Marco Island just after dawn and passed the many condos on the beach as the sun rose. We did wonder how many of those new condos are still vacant though.








We crossed 100 miles of the Gulf from Marco Island to Marathon today, arriving in tome to get tied up, plugged in and watch the sunset. It wasn't one of those glorious sunsets, but as the sun dropped below a cloud shelf, it did look rather tropical. Kathy says I have too many sunset pictures anyhow.




Pods of dolphins picked us up 4 or 5 times as we crossed the gulf. They all just liked to surf the bow wave instead of surfing and jumping in the wake.

We'll be in the Florida Keys for 3 weeks or so, centering a few cruises out of Marathon.