We made it to Marathon!

What should have been a six hour trip today, turned into seven, for another traffic jam.  This one was when we finally got to Highway 1 to take us through the Keys.  It was bumper to bumper and stop n' go from Key Largo to Islamorada.  But we made it to Marathon by 3:15pm.  The good news?  While it was snowing at home...

...it was sunny and nearly 80 in southern Florida! Hooray :)

Perfect for hanging a lilly white leg out the window!

Welcome to the Florida Keys!

It was a beautiful day for playing on the Gulf of Mexico.  Willis
had a twitchy nose and a twitchy tail for all of the salty smells.
The salty air smells wonderful to the Cap'n and First Mate!

We made it, and she looks beautiful :)

Cap'n loves his girl- he was missing her bad...I could almost get
a little jealous, except I missed her, too.

Paps and Donnie set about putting on the bimini and dodger,
while I went to work with the bleach water down below.  I got
her all washed down, top to bottom. Tomorrow I'll oil the teak
and can begin moving all of our stuff in for the next four months :)

  Believe it or not, a storm blew up and the skies dumped a hard rain shower.  Mother Nature took care of washing the topsides for me, so I can oil the teak up top tomorrow, too.  It was hard dark soon after 6:00pm, and Aunt Cora had a delicious home cooked meal all ready for us.  We celebrated Christmas after dinner, and had some good laughs over the Tshirts Donnie had made for his Mom and Dad.  Let the fun begin!  For now, it is time to turn in early as it has been some very long days and very short nights since the holidays began.  Hope to make good progress on the boat tomorrow.  Keeping our fingers crossed that Bessie fires right up.  If not, I've already located the wrench in case she needs a little encouragement...G'nite all.