Day 222 and 223 – at Marina Del Mar, Key Largo, FL - February 13-14, 2012

Heather’s luggage has arrived!  She received a call this morning before 8:00am from the delivery person who actually had her suitcase in his van.  He delivered it shortly after his call.  Although she had a few things from her carry-on luggage, Heather was happy to have all her “stuff” back in her possession.
We had another interesting aquatic visitor today.  We saw a very large ray trying to hide in the sand in the slip next to Brandy IV.  He was probably three feet across with a very long tail.  He kept trying to hide in the sand, but you could always see his tail and his eyes.

We took a dinghy ride in the afternoon in the canals near the marina.  Glenn our dock neighbor asked us if we’d seen the iguanas yet and when we said no, he gave us directions on where to look for them.  We found them sunning on the rock seawall near a beautiful home.  Once we knew what to look for, we realized we had passed them numerous times before, but didn’t see them because they blended in so well to the rocks.

We picked up a rental car this afternoon which we will keep for the next week.  This gives us transportation while Heather is here (for shopping and exploring the area) and for going to the Miami Boat Show which starts this weekend.

            Miles: 0           Bridges: 0        Locks: 0

the ray

an iguana - we didn't take the camera with us on our
dinghy ride, but both Fred and Heather had their
phones with them, so we got a few pictures

the iguana hanging out on the rocks

a green iguana on a red dock - his belly was bright
green and he looked awesome - too bad we only had
a camera phone