Reunion Voyage: St. Paddy’s Day

A small portion of Boot Key Harbor, 266 moorings

Nice sunny day in the middle 80’s with higher humidity than usual, 30% chance of rain so we saw a few clouds from time to time. This evening is overcast with a 60% chance of rain this evening. Ft. Myers and Tampa had a good rain based on our radar observation and some showers just on the edge of our radar observation now at 7:30 PM. This morning I rode bike down to the City Marina, a small marina that also manages the mooring field of 266 mooring balls, two dinghy docks, a raft of showers and bathrooms, a warehouse with picnic tables and TV sets, a palapa for outdoor dining and docktails a really big deal.

Navy Color Guard

Key Colony Beach is a small municipality just south of the marina. We went to their festival days a couple of weeks ago and tonight they had a St. Paddy’s Day Parade. I called the City Hall since they have a dock directly behind their building and asked if we could dinghy over to watch the parade. After the clerk checked with the Police Department they granted us permission to use the dock. Talking with the locals they suggested we keep a close eye on the parade route or we might miss it. However if we did miss it, the parade could be viewed on line at MarathonFlorida.com.

Nice parade, similar to our 4^th Parade in Racine, we saw one Harley Davidson, one old hook and ladder truck, 4 vintage army vehicles, the mayors car, the guy that lost the mayoral election, the Priest from the local {Irish} Catholic church and various other individuals in convertibles. Also saw the Pickle Ball club and a local drinking establishment that had its waiters handing out jello shots to parade watchers. After more than 15 minutes in the sun the parade was over, we were parched and had to return to the marina to enjoy a cool beverage.