Adventures of Tom, Jan and Peanut: Wed-Thur Jan. 25th-26th A overview of the Marathon City Marina

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Wed-Thur Jan. 25th-26th A overview of the Marathon City Marina

So calm and secure - ahhhh the pleasures of spending our first night in the harbor off the Atlantic, in a harbor on a mooring ball. Throughout our trip whenever we talked destinations the reaction was the same, we love Marathon and Boot Key Harbor. I now understand the draw. For those of you on land let me describe it this way. It is a community on the water. You are in your homes and we on our boats. You drive around in your cars, we tootle around in our dinks. You have your porches to enjoy relaxing and a good book, we have our decks. You visit with neighbors in the yards or at the community center down the street. We visit on our aft decks, or at the boaters lounge or tiki hut. There is nothing lacking here. Yoga and aerobics classes, craft classes, Wednesday night pot luck dinners, Thursday movie night. A library, a workshop to use to fix your dink, motor, etc. several restaurants and bars within dingy or walking distance. A publix and West Marine down the street and even a Home Depot. Add on to that a daily morning radio show for announcements, buy sell or trade deals and help for anything you need help doing on your boat. In fact we asked for assistance with the installation of an inverter and immediately had another boater volunteer his help. As in a small community such as the one we live in in Burns Harbor, neighbors are eager to meet and greet, share ideas, recipes, and most importantly friendship! It will be hard to leave on Friday.