The Obsession
The weather cooled a bit and turned a little rainy, so we found some diversions to keep us occupied. I was looking for something to do while Marlene kept up on Coast Guard Auxiliary IS work and I found a puzzle which had just been dumped on the table. The puzzle was 1000 pieces and all the pieces were irregular shapes. I started to work on it and after Marlene finished her computer work, she joined in. What was intended to be a diversion was becoming an obsession. Suddenly, we discovered the lounge was about to close and it was 6:00pm. We had been working on this all afternoon long. We returned the next day to spend much of the day working on it, with the exception of a West Marine and Hurricane Grill stop. Finally, we finished the puzzle on the morning of the third day, before heading off to visit the Keys Turtle Hospital. The Turtle Hospital is home to 30 turtles, some in recovery and some permanent residents unable to be returned to the wild. These turtles get to be hundreds of pounds and live longer than humans. The hospital is the only one in the Keys and turtles injured by boats, sick from ingesting trash, and suffering from disease come here to recover. The facility is amazing and includes an operating room for surgery on turtles up to 500 lbs. Over 80% of the turtles brought here are eventually released back in the wild. The tour of the facility lasted several hours and we found it fascinating.
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