Week seven at Knights Key - Marathon, FL

Sunset between the 2 bridges

Sunset between the 2 bridges

Judy, Mike and Evin sunset between 2 bridges

Sunset with beautiful rays

Mike on sand bar at Bahia Honda State Park

Mike on sand bar at Bahia Honda State Park

Feb. 23 - Mar. 1    On Saturday we said good-bye to our friends, Peggy and Gordon.  We spent most of the day reading and working on the computer.  After supper' Steve and Evin called and invited us over to their RV for some Key Lime Pie; it was very good.  On Sunday we drove up to the airport to go see the Pigeon Key Art Festival.  There were some nice jewelry and photography.  After lunch we went to Sombrero Beach.  It was hot enough that I finally went in swimming, first time since we arrived.  At 5:30 we rode our bikes over to Steve and Evin's and then we all continued riding our bikes up to Old 7 Mile Bridge to watch the sun set between the bridges; so beautiful.  We also saw a shark sitting on the bottom of a shallow area near the bridge.  When we got back home we all went to dinner at the Island Fish Company.  On Monday we went to Bahia Honda State Park.  The beach is covered with a lot of seaweed but the water is crystal clear and shallow and the sand in the water is so white.  At low tide the sand bar appeared.  We took our chairs and sat in the water out by the sandbar; such a beautiful setting.  I also had brought a snorkel and mask and walked to the edge of the sand and floated on top of the water.  I saw fish and conch shells; one of them had a crab living in it.  There was a lot of coral too.  On Tuesday not much happened.  I did go and get a pedicure.  On Wednesday Mike and I finally went and had our hair cut; it had been 7 weeks.  We met Steve and Evin at Sparky's for lunch.  We all decided we wanted the deep fried key lime pie so we stopped at Porky's and each had a slice; oh so good.  When we got back home it was late afternoon but we wanted to go to Sombrero Beach one last time, so we did.  The ocean was like glass and just before we left, 2 hours later, we saw 4 dolphins playing out in the water.  We watched them for about 15 minutes.  On Thursday we took our last walk up on Old 7 Mile Bridge.  I got to see another sea turtle while I was walking on the bridge, Mike had turned back already.  When we got back to the RV we started to pack the outside stuff getting ready to leave tomorrow.  At dinner time we walked over to Steve and Erin's and they drove all us down the road to the Sunset Grill and Raw Bar for our last meal in the Keys.  There was no sunset because it was real cloudy all day.  Friday we were up by 8:00 and on the road by 11:00.  We arrived at John Prince Park Campground in Lake Worth, FL, just south of West Palm Beach.  We set up and then went out dinner.  We were going to Longhorn Steak House but it was an hour wait so we went next door to a Japanese Steak House and had a good meal.