Adventures in Marathon.

One week down. Hopefully, many more to go!

It’s been an interesting week to say the least…lots of ups and downs…but I’m happy to report that we survived our first week as cruisers, and already have lots of fun stories (hitting a crab pot and then losing our dinghy) to tell for the rest of our lives.

We’ve really just been adjusting to our newfound “life aboard” for the past few days (Oliver included), while meeting lots of new friendly faces and trying to square away some final details/projects on the boat so we can make the crossing to the bahamas in the next week or so.

…Highlights of our week included multiple manatee sightings, pods of dolphin frolicking around the boat almost every day, the Keys Fisheries Market for their lobster mac-n-cheese, Dockside Cafe for drinks and live music, and authentic cuban food at a small cafe close to the marina.

Here’s a quick iPhone photo recap of our first week here in Marathon. (Unfortunately, I didn’t bust out the big camera since our sail down, but now that we’ve kind of got a flow/schedule down, I’m definitely ready to break it out.) 

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