Man-o warWell, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. So that means an early spring. I'm certain that makes a lot of people very happy because of all the snow this winter so far. Not to rub it in or anything, but it was 80 degrees today in the Keys.
We went for a dinghy ride and put our names on the list for a mooring ball. There were 5 boats ahead of us. The counter person said that we may even get one today, but, alas, we did not. Oh well, maybe tomorrow. We had Happy Hour on the back of our boat this afternoon with Norm and Sue, and Vaughn and Jim, whom we just met. Their boat is anchored behind ours. We had a really good time. ( It's amazing how many boaters they know that we know.) Once the sun started going down and the no-seeums starting biting, we all went inside our boats.
It's kind of cool to scoot around in the dinghy. It truly does become your "car" here in the Keys. There is inexpensive bus service here as well. It is, however, still hard for John to leave the boat unattended. If we don't, we won't get to see very many of the sights. Once we get on a ball and there are lots of people around, he should be more comfortable with it.
One more thing. Today we saw this transparent silvery fin looking thing in the water, with black strings hanging down. I had no idea what is was. It turned out to be a man-o-war. I understand that they are poisonous. There are lots of scary things in the water: alligators, sharks, jelly fish. I may chicken out of getting into the water.
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The man of war sting badly. The tentacles are what you need to watch out for. They stick to you.
You can make a meat tenderizer from papaya and ammonia to help with the sting. Apparently, urine also neutralizes the sting.
Don't be afraid of the water in the keys, they're only baby sharks and the gators (crocs) don't swim out too far. :)
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