Dania Beach, FL - 3/15/11 thru 3/17/11

Tuesday (3/15/11)


This morning the day started with a very painful moment. When Ricki went to check on her "crabs" as she has done every morning since she acquired them, they were laying in the water belly up and dead! With heavy heart we were forced to return them to their proper place and threw them overboard. That ruined her day and she stayed inside the boat the rest of the day. The 3 of us guys (Ken, Skip & me) walked the beach and ended up at the Tiki Bar at the end of the park for a couple adult beverages. Social hour was on our boat that evening.

Wednesday (3/16/11)

Things were actually getting better and we awoke early (8:30 a.m.) to go to the beach and look for more shells and /or "crabs". The beach had not been raked yet and we saw at least a dozen Man O' War washed up in the few 1000 feet we walked. The tide here is about 2 feet each way and it is best viewed by the 3 of us guys on the beach where all the spring breakers are sunning themselves. We are having a hard time convincing our doubting spouses that we can't predict the tide without that activity. Wednesday evening Ken's wife flew in from Atlanta for the weekend and we had to have a welcome back party.






Thursday (3/17/11)

Dania Beach is home to a very large nautical flea market each year that runs for 4 days and this was the first day of it and we needed to go check it out. We made major purchases consisting of a fish net, ski belt and a hat for Ricki. What a crowd and it was still a week day! A few hours later we were back to the boats and the 3 guys took off to get Skip's canvas that was being repaired.
Since a St. Patrick's Day dinner was on the agenda for the evening, preparations were in order. Two more looper boats came into the marina, Carlton & Becky Moore on Seamoore and Jim & Brenda Hampton on Dream Catcher so we had a small crowd for the dockside dinner.