by GWTAdmin | Feb 19, 2014 | boot key marina marathon florida, coffee, cruising destinations, cruising life, cuban coffee, cuban food, florida keys, Marathon’s Juice Paradise Cuban Café
Cute. ‘Twas passing the “smell test” that lured us in;the exceptionally delish Cuban coffee was a bonus.It’s nearly impossible to live in the Pacific Northwest without becoming a coffee snob. I am no exception, despite a near 14-year coffee hiatus (broken 4 years... by GWTAdmin | Feb 8, 2014 | boot key marina marathon florida, cruising life, cruising provisioning, florida keys
The Stuffed Pig, Marathon FL Keys; hog heaven for all things piggy. Grits and grunts; that’s what I chose for my birthday meal at “the” Boot Key Harbor breakfast spot,The Stuffed Pig. Yeah, I’m weird. Sucker for a catchy name, I passed up the more novel... by GWTAdmin | Feb 5, 2014 | anchoring, bahamas, boot key marina marathon florida, cruising destinations, cruising life, florida keys, nassau, sailing mishaps
Minimizing boat damage trumped journalistic photography when we were gettingrammed in our Nassau Bahamas anchorage.This Marathon Florida Keys street sign captured how we feltabout the close encounter from our neighbors.When it comes to tight anchorages,... by GWTAdmin | Jan 28, 2014 | alicetown bimini bahamas, bahamas, bimini, boat maintenance and repair, boot key marina marathon florida, cruising destinations, cruising life
Entering the Bahamas via Alice Town’s harbor, Bimini.We love the sound of silence, sailing smoothly along without running our engine. Besides, we’re cheap; we’d rather use our Bahamas bucks on something other than diesel fuel, even if we sip more than slug... by GWTAdmin | Jan 28, 2014 | boot key marina marathon florida, cruising destinations, cruising life, delray beach florida, florida keys
“No fun allowed” sign (not really, but may as well be) at Del Ray Beach Florida.“The sunshine state” is Florida’s moniker. Yet, when surrounded by an overwhelming plethora of “NO” signs… the rebel in me makes me instinctively want to respond “stick it... by GWTAdmin | Jan 20, 2014 | bad gasoline, boat maintenance and repair, boot key marina marathon florida, dinghy, outboard motor repair
Nasty stuff drained from our carburetor.Aka – Sad Tale of a Water-Clogged Carburetor.My husband once ended a relationship in part because his girlfriend didn’t recycle. There was a limit to too laissez faire. Yet I drove him a bit batty when I went perhaps...