Moving Day!

After we got our motor home and trailer packed up, we decided to brave the winds one more time and bike into Marathon for breakfast at a place we had seen right on the water - The Island Fish Company.

We had a hearty breakfast - we knew it would also serve as our lunch - and then biked back to Curry Hammock, once again into a 35 mile per hour headwind!

One of the really fun things about Curry Hammock was how friendly everyone was. Greg became a bit of a "celebrity" - first of all for his daily windsurfing with Jay, and then because of the rescue that was necessitated the other day (which almost the entire campground witnessed when they were watching the concert on the beach.)

Because most of the campers were a bit older than us, they were almost parental in their concern for him checking to make sure he was all right. ;-)

We had Jacky and Jay over for dinner last night - they are just delightful. Jay is really encouraging Greg to get some "updated windsurfing equipment" - so we spent time talking about windsurfing and looking at pictures of our families.

Here is a view of our motor home all packed up - you can see the how close we were to the ocean.

I have loved Curry Hammock and would definitely come again. The people (many who know each other from years of camping together) were warm and welcoming to us. We had lots of fun!

We arrived at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park at about 3 p.m. It has a very different feel than Curry Hammock - sites are not like a KOA, but definitely not as private as Curry Hammock. Well, we're here to take in each experience and make the most of this time at this park.

We have been cooking almost all our meals in the motor home versus eating out - but we did decide if we were in Florida, we needed to have some seafood. So today, we stopped at the grocery store and got some shrimp and scallops. With trepidation, (mostly because we are very inexperienced seafood cooks) we prepared a stir fry dinner. It ended up tasting really good, so we felt successful!