Snorkeling at Fort Zachary Taylor

Here are Hayley and Jack with the Sponge Monster that they found at the bottom of the sea. They fought long and hard with this guy and are happy to put him on display for all the tourists in Key West.

Yesterday we spent all day snorkeling at Fort Zachary Taylor. The kids climbed up on some rocks and searched for fish swimming in the holes below. Then they would jump in and work together to try to trap them in a crevice so they could observe them. We were worn out by the time we left late in the day. After we returned to the boat, we dined on a fabulous meal of Spam Quesadillas topped with Mango chutney. (Only a few of us, not Hayley and Cindy, relished the Spam part) Any takers for the recipe?

That evening, I decided to take the dinghy ashore with Hayley and get some chores done. We really can't keep ice for any length of time so in order to have a cold beverage, we had to make the trip. We had to make two stops. After the first stop, the dinghy engine started just fine. By the way, we left the boys back on the boat to give them a break. And, I guess you know where this is going...the second stop to fill our fresh water jerry jug went well until I tried to start the engine. Fortunately, I had the hand held VHF to let Jason and Jack know that we would be taking a little longer while we continued to try to start the engine. We had to just sit there and let the flooded engine dry out and after a small waiting period, we had success. I never was happier to smell the exhaust from that little 5 horsepower engine!

Another day in Paradise! We are off to enjoy the day!