Fishing and the Music Festival

Originally posted at www.svsweetescape.com

Life continues to be good here in paradise.  The weather has been Chamber of Commerce type weather with highs each day in the low 80’s and lows in the low 70’s each night.  We have had little rain and the sun shines every day.  We have had some winds lately which we’re told is the norm here for this time of year.

Friday afternoon we got in our dinghy and ventured back up Sister Creek where we did some fishing.  Once again Brian was skunked while Judy caught fish, one of them being a sixteen inch bonefish that put up quite a fight.  This is the largest fish Judy has ever caught and she is quite proud of it - constantly reminding Brian, lest he forget, that he didn’t catch any fish at all.

This weekend the Marathon Community Park which is a beautifully kept municipal park located just steps from the marina is hosting the Conch Records Marathon Music Festival.  We spent some time there last night before the Green Bay Packer debacle that we witnessed at the Hurricane.  We should have stayed at the music festival.

One of the acts performing at the festival was a band calledThe Doerfels.  This is a band out of Key West that is made up of five brothers and a sister ranging in age from 15 to 21.  They come from a family of ten kids and are really popular here.  According to their website they play over 200 dates per year and are regulars at Sloppy Joe's in Key West.

We recorded a minutes worth of cell phone video and it is at right but it doesn’t really do them justice.  If you ever have an opportunity to see them it would be worth your time.  They play all kinds of music from bluegrass to country to rock and are very good.  We are going to return to the music festival tonight.

Under the “Too Much Information” heading, our waste tank is almost full.  When they pumped it last week they didn’t fully empty it and we are paying the price now.  The pump out boat will be here on Monday but until then we will be making dinghy trips into the marina to answer the call of nature.  

See, it’s not all sundowners and potlucks.