Second Wind on the Great Loop and Beyond

Sunday-Monday, February 11-12. Because rain, lots of rain, has descended upon the Keys, I've had time to do another map showing our Florida stops. Yesterday we ate some fine Keys meals at the Island Grill in Islamorada. I ordered fresh tuna nachos -- interesting and really good. We did a little shopping, went to the grocery store, then hunkered down on the boat as the rain picked up. The Arlo Gutherie concert was moved to an indoor venue, so we watched the Capote DVD . It rained pretty hard all night, and we had tornado warnings this morning. That got our attention, but the danger seems to be over now. Susan and Keith will be driving in continued heavy rain to the airport in Miami. Bob and I will stay here for a few more days until the weather improves. Then our next big planned stop is Ft. Lauderdale, where we we'll try to go to a cocktail party for PDQ owners.

After the rain slacked off a bit, we took a short walk and happened to notice another PDQ on a dock down from us. It turned out to be Dana Louise, the same boat we had seen a few days ago in Marathon. Brian, whom we had met only briefly the other day, joined us for drinks. It is always such a trip to visit with other PDQ owners. We may be able get together again with him when we are closer to Miami.