Fantasy Fest 2009
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| Alice in Wonderland |
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| Lots of silver paint |
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| Rick, Jean, Gerry, Sophia, Ginny, Norm |
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| Is he supposed to be Adam? |
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| Great paint job. |
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| My favourite |
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| Johnny Depp no doubt |
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| Silver Surfer |
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| There is a dog under there. |
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Lobster dog
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No Name Pub
Listened to a book on tape on the drive home last spring titled "Torpedo
Juice" which took place in the Florida Keys. It was hilarious and
mentioned the No Name Pub so I had to go. It's famous for its pizza and
decor - walls and ceiling lined with dollar bills. Built in 1935,
originally a general store it expanded with an upstairs brothel, which
closed in the '40s and a bait and tackle shop was added. The restaurant
was added in the late '50s. So here we are back in the Florida Keys
after 2 weeks of fixing this and that on the fleet in Port Lucaya.
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| Great pizza. |
Spent a few days visiting Lerry in Hollywood and dragged poor Missy boat shopping down to the keys. Came up empty handed but Gerry finally bought a boat - 18 hours before we were to leave with Richard (on his boat). It's a Macgregor 22 which will be used in the Bahamas for short jaunts here and there, just for fun since it has a swing keel, shallow draft and you can get close to shore.
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| Gerry's new toy |
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| Richard's boat |
Setting out from North Palm, passing the casino boat. A short time later was excited to see dolphins!
Such serious business, towing. Apparently more serious than keeping watch at night. I came on deck to take my turn on watch and found both Gerry and Richard sound asleep!
My 4th voyage with a hitch hiking bird (this one a finch). Saw another kind of flying creature - flying fish, such a funny thing to see but unfortunately when you see them they are no doubt trying to get away from bigger fish.
No, it's not a mistake, took this hanging upside down off the side of the boat, just for a different perspective. Guess I'm easily amused.
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| Sunset through the life ring. |
Almost there, you can tell by the shade of the water.
Finally got to Port Lucaya where the guys had to deal with a real bitch in customs and immigration. I wasn't allowed off the boat so spent over 2 hours (a hot and sticky 2 hours after virtually no sleep the night before) waiting for them. They only got approved for a 7 day visit because she thinks they're here looking for work and also doesn't understand why anyone with a boat already here would want another one and then had the nerve to charge overtime because of her lengthy interrogation. Gerry's little boat is still at the customs dock - they have to assess the value so they know how much duty to charge. Of course they're taking their sweet time. For a country dependent upon tourism they sure go out of their way to make you not want to ever come back. It's not the first time they've treated tourists like criminals.
Towing the boat certainly slowed us down and with the wind coming right on our nose it took 24 hours to get to GB. Oh, I got the 20 days I asked for, I'm going to miss them LOL.
