Sailing South aboard Lucy III: 2020-2021 (Part II)

 Sombrero Marina, Marathon, Florida:  January 27, 2021

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Marc-  Visiting the Turtle Hospital here in Marathon was our main activity today.  We started out with our 07:00 morning 5 mile walk in the neighborhoods.  I've included photos of some new construction we have seen.  All of the homes here are on both a street and a canal.  I am not sure if the front of the house faces the canal or the street.  Marathon has become a mini Venice with its numerous canals.  Some streets have a nice wide bicycle/pedestrian path alongside.  The low volume side street have none but traffic is very limited since these street are all dead ends.  The town has alot of homes under construction (or reconstruction post hurricane Irma).  New homes are made of reinforced concrete as seen in the photos below.

Look carefully for the rooster in this colorful vegetation

The Turtle Hospital conducted an excellent tour throughout its facilities.  I was impressed that some of its large rehabilitation tanks are built hurricane proof at elevation.  The staff residences are not elevated and are subject to flooding during hurricanes.  

Turtles with numbers were rescued from Cape Cod after being stunned by cold water in Cape Cod Bay on the way back from Maine to Florida.  They were literally stuck in the arm of the Cape.

                                                               Turtle feeding time

Michael saw a manatee swim into the marina near his boat today.

I finished the engine compartment exhaust fan installation today.  We tested it was sucking in air.  Michael suggested reversing the wires which reverse the direction of the 12 volt motor and voila we had an exhaust fan.