“I love to be beside your side, beside the sea, Beside the seaside, by the beautiful sea!”

Apparently, the above song is from “Me and My Gal”, but I know it, of course, from the “I Love Lucy” episode that I have seen about 4,000 times. The whole gang puts on a show from the “Old Days” – really old days, like the roaring 20′s – and sings this song to a beach backdrop. But, as usual, I digress.
Rich and I went to explore a small, local beach that was a 10 minute drive from our “front” door. In Marathon, nothing is much more than a 10 minute drive from anything else. Sombrero Beach is a small, FREE, little strip of heaven. It looks like a scene from an old “50′s movie, where people are stranded on a deserted island. It has pure white sand, palm trees on the beach, and blue-green clear calm water. We were 2 of only about 30 people on the entire beach. It is small, but so special. Rich “tanned” himself, and went swimming, and just loved the relaxation. I was under my 50 SPF umbrella, wearing my 30 SPF sunscreen, reading my book. I went shell hunting, and wading in once or twice. We were both doing what we love to do. Rich has been dying to get to “the beach”. You know, you can take the kid out of the beach, but…. We had great weather, and the sea breeze helped make the heat index of 100 or so a little better.
About 2 blocks from Sombrero Beach, we found Marathon High School and Middle School. It was in a huge complex, very modern and pretty. Now THIS would be a place to teach! Can you imagine – teachers who are reading this – that after a particularly DIFFICULT teaching day, you drive 2 blocks, and unwind at the ocean. THAT would most definitely lower my blood pressure!
After a few hours on the beach, we needed to get back in the air conditioning. On the way home, we “investigated” a small, private community by the name of “Key Colony”. Beautiful homes, right on the ocean lined the streets. Rich also found a 9-hole golf course. Bingo – I KNEW there was a reason we shlepped those clubs from Jersey! We made one more stop – in the name of research. EVERYTHING down here is “Key Lime…” something. So, for YOUR BENEFIT, READERS, we FORCED ourselves to buy some products to test out, and comment here. First up, was an “Original Key Lime Pie Bar”. This is a semi-frozen piece of Key Lime Pie, covered in chocolate (like Magic Shell), on a stick. YUMM-O!! So, if you are considering trying one, we vote two thumbs up. And, you’re welcome.
We got back to our “home”, and after eating a delicious wrap that Rich prepared (did I mention he is the best chef EVER!), I went to sleep. I was still a bit blown away by the Key West dehydration (that’s what I had), and a nap was in order. Rich went back to the 9-hole course, and played a bit of golf. We both went to the pool after that. This life is awesome!
This evening, we got back to reality – did some laundry, made some phone calls, and sent some emails. The weather reports on every newscast discuss the oppressive heat wave that has taken hold of the country. Today was very, very hot here, and I preferred indoors to out for latter part of the day. This evening has not cooled down very much, which finds us blogging indoors. Tomorrow we leave this paradise, and head back north – but not too far. This RV Park is far and above our FAVORITE RV Park to date. We calculated that this is our 38th RV Park. To be number 1, they have to be pretty spectacular. And they definitely are. Spotless, gorgeous, convenient,…pretty much perfect. We would DEFINITELY come back here again. They call it paradise…and it really, really is. So, a “shout out” to the “Grassy Key RV Park and Resort” – you rock.
Trivia from yesterday: WHY would the speed change from 55 mph to 45 mph – and 35 mph AT NIGHT – through a particular part of Big Pine Key? The answer: wandering and endangered Key miniature Deer that dot the sides of the road – and sometimes, the middle of it as well. These deer are protected, and there are many signs telling you to beware and slow down. This part of Big Pine Key is named, in their honor, Deer Key. We saw 3 or 4 deer along the side of the road. They are about the size of a greyhound dog. We did not have any close calls, thank goodness. Okay, today’s trivia question: Why do they call THIS Key Marathon Key? Answer tomorrow.
Enjoy the heat.
Marla

for YOUR BENEFIT, we made the sacrifice.

Sombrero Beach. Muy bonita.

“From here to eternity” kind of beach.

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