Fun in Marathon and Key West

                                                       The old and new 7 mile bridge

                                                      Marlene riding on the old bridge

                                                     Sombrero Light at Sombrero Reef

                                                  Clear waters at Sombrero Reef

                                               Where we ate on NO NAME KEY

                                             Tarpon and Pelicans waiting for 4:00 feeding

Mike, Polli and Marlene at Harry Truman's Little White House in Key West

 

Marlene and I have been exploring Marathon.  We rode our bikes out on the old 7 mile bridge between Marathon and Big Pine Key.  The old bridge extends out about 2 miles before the section is removed.  The water under the bridge is amazingly clear and shallow.   Another day we took our boat about 4 miles south of Marathon to Sombrero Reef for a snorkeling expedition.  The reef is located closer to the gulf stream, so the water is really clear and blue.  We could easily see down 15 feet to the bottom and we snorkeled over to the reef area which was only a few feet deep.  We saw an amazing abundance of tropical fish species.  The snorkeling rivaled many of our diving trips for seeing fish.  We saw a few barracuda's, prompting us to go back to the boat and remove our wedding rings.  This trip was a realization of a dream for us....to take our boat to clear blue waters.  Our most recent adventure was to rent a car with Polli and Mike, friends we met in Stuart and drive to Key West for the day.   We ate lunch at a Cuban restaurant, stopped at Sloppy Joes for drinks, and toured Harry S Truman's Little White house.  Down at the Marina, we watched 5 to 6 foot tarpon being fed from the dock.  We capped the day off with dinner at the famous NO NAME PUB, located on NO NAME KEY.