Feb. 6-10, Taxes....we got people!

On Feb 6 we flew my dad down to help us with our taxes and spend a few days aboard Hakuna Matata before we leave at the end of the month.

On Saturday we decided to get him out on the water for a little "Key West Style" fishing and sailing. It was a bit rough with winds in the 20-25 knot range but with dad being an old salt and graduate of 2 gulf crossings this was not a big deal for him!

On the way out to the gulf stream dad had the first hit and landed the first fish, a nice mackerel....right after we got this one aboard we notice we had a second mackerel on the other line that we also brought aboard!

Approaching the gulf stream the waves really started to build. We had 8-10 foot seas!

Not long after we got into the gulf stream we hooked our first Tuna aboard Hakuna Matata.

We also caught a few Mahi Mahi along the way so it was a tough decision to have either Tuna, Mahi or Mackerel for dinner.....the Mahi won out.

On Sunday we decided to spend the day in downtown Key West. We walked Duval, the Marina areas and stopped at the famous Sloppy Joe's Bar for a beer. We then ate lunch at the famous Caroline's restaurant on Duval and went down to check out the cruise ships and other large yachts down by Mallory Square.

To the left is me and dad at Sloppy Joe's having a beer and to the right is a boat preparing for a wedding at the Key West Bight Marina.

Monday we decided we better take a day off from the "fun" and finally get dad to help with my tax stuff. Dad finished that in short order and since he had not done a project all weekend we had him design and make bag holders for our new folding bikes. These allow bags to be attached to the rear racks on the bikes so when Angela goes to the store down in the islands she does not have to also carry the bags of groceries.....Craig will be patiently waiting at the dingy!

Here is dad making custom brackets out of Aluminium bar stock from Home Depot.....they turned out great of course!

On Tuesday we had to say goodbye and dropped dad off at the Key West airport (so much better than driving to Miami).

It was a great weekend and thanks so much dad for the help on the taxes and spending time with us down in Key West.....we had a great time with you!

The Captain