Hi friends –just touching base. Hope this finds you all safe and healthy as we navigate these unusual and scary times.

We are still in Marathon, FL at least until the end of this month. We are hunkered down and trying to abide by the new directives – “wash your hands” “shelter in place” “isolate” “social distancing” “don’t go anywhere”, etc.

Again……we are trying to decide if we will stay in Marathon or if we will go.  Marathon is pretty much the end of the road, the last stop before Key West. It’s also fairly isolated. We were told that if you have a major medical emergency, you will probably need to be airlifted out which would be about a 45- minute helicopter ride to the hospital in Miami. While we’re fine and not expecting to have to take advantage of a helicopter ride, it’s something to think about.

Our other option is to head north again. We’re told some of the marinas are closing and it might be hard to get fuel so???? Do we go or do we stay? We have a few more days to make our decision. Will keep you posted….

Michael is passing the time doing boat projects. I’m passing the time trying new recipes. I’m learning to cook without meat since there’s no meat in the stores. Hopefully we don’t have to learn to take care of ‘another need’ because the toilet paper shelves are bare as well.