Key West Living.....Jan 29th, 2009

Well I have not started radiation yet. I did a consultation with the doctor on Monday of this week, down here in Key West, and did a simulation run (where they marked my body for the machine) on Tuesday. Start the "real thing" this next Tuesday and will have treatment each day for about 15-20 days. Each treatment is only about 7 min. and I will have the weekends off from treatment.

We arrived in the Marina in Key West last weekend on Saturday. We settled in and on Sunday we headed to downtown Key West. During our visit we decided to purchase two folding bikes. These bikes fold down to the size of a small suit case and can be stored in a locker so they are great for the boat. They will be very useful down here in Key West, as well as, in many of the island towns we hope to visit soon. We are also taking advantage of the new "Chopperettes" to get in better shape by riding for at least an hour each day.

The new "chopperettes" & riding down town Key West.

Today we decided to take the boat out and check out the waters around Key West and do some fishing. It was sunny today, with light winds and temps in the high 70s so we did not sail much but did have a nice day out on the water and did come up on a few fish!

Here is a pelican resting on one of the channel marks on our way out the channel from our new marina and a turtle we spotted on the way out to the fishing grounds today.

We talked to a charter boat captain this morning from our marina that indicated the tuna and mahi were biting off the Sand Key Light so that is where we headed. Under mainsail and a little engine power we headed out into the gulf stream, into about 200 feet of water and started fishing, 8 miles southwest of Key West. After a couple of hours we found the Mahi! The first hit just off the Lighthouse at Sand Key Light (just as the charter captain had informed us) and while I was reeling him in on the first rod, the second rod got a hit and Angela was also pulling one in. After I landed the first, Angela was just bringing the second to the side of the boat when the line broke. These fish jump in the air and try and spit out the hook or break the line (they are very good at this) it is quite a show.

Angela fighting her Mahi and Craig with the one that did not get away!

We turned the boat around for another pass through the school of mahi and just moments later got another hit. This time I got the Mahi up to the the boat, but with a jump he was gone. Disappointing for sure but these fish are so much fun to fight just for this show of jumping clear of the water.

We gave up early afternoon and headed back in knowing that we would have plenty of fish for dinner.

Mahi fillets ready for dinner this evening.

That is it for this week.....recovery is not a bad thing as you can see...we are dealing with it well!

The Captain