Glass Bottom Boats and Ice Cream

Pekabu, Brunelle and Andiamo at Marina Del Mar as we leave the harbor

     Added to our daily continental breakfast were some delicious cakes and breads courtesy of Ann and Howie.

     We all gathered at 9:50 am by the Kay Largo Princess for our Glass Bottom Boat tour.  The predicted the partially cloudy skies cleared out by 9 and it was cool, clear with just a slight breeze.  Our destination was Molasses Reef.  During the 45 minute ride were accompanied by birds looking for handouts.  Apparently it is a tradition for guests to purchase Cheese Doodles and feed them to the birds, usually by hand. Pete and Ann gave it a try while a number of us tried for the perfect shot. I think I succeeded in capturing a number of the moments.

     Once over the reef, we went below and sat or stood over a glass grid while our educator enlightened us on the living reef and the fish that currently inhabit it. We saw quite a variety, both of fish and corral.  What surprised everyone including the educator was the amount of jelly fish and men-o-war.  A bonus on the way back was the sight of a large sea turtle on the surface.
 
      Once back, the others decided to head back to the boats while Pete, Howie, Ann, and I opted to have lunch at the Tiki Bar.  As it turned out our bartender moved here from Bogota, NJ about 15 years ago.  Talk about a small world; all four of us lived within 3 miles of her, as our kids would say, “back in the day” (Ridgefield, Demarest, Hackensack, NJ and the Bronx, NY). Since our day is still young and a car was available, we headed south on Route 1 in search of ice cream.  It was found at the southern end of Key Largo.   It was found at a fairly new place that hand dips ice cream and blends their own ice cream and candy concoctions.

Kathy, Pete, Ann and Howie

     Once back at the marina, I introduced everyone to my chicken fajitas for dinner.

     Just another great day with friends!

~  ~ (\_~ ~ ~     Kathy and Pete