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

 Sombrero Marina, Marathon, Florida:  March 20, 2021

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Gizmo the marina cat often greets us when we are heading out (our neighbor's scooter).

Marc-  Today started off with a walk around the Golf Course followed by a walk to Avis Rent a Car at the Marathon Airport.  We picked up our rental without issues.  We'll have it for a week.  Then we went over to the Eastern end of the airport to visit the EAA Aviation Museum.  Sue's Uncle Bob Whittier was an aviation enthusiast and an antique plane restorer.  We found a Piper Cub very similar to Uncle Bob's.  We were allowed to board a larger military transport plane outside of the hangar. I found my way into the cockpit and sat at the controls.  You have to be a contortionist to get into this cockpit.   The plane was manufactured by Beech Aircraft of Wichita, Kansas.  We went to visit Sue's sister Sandy and her husband, Jay, in Kansas when Jay worked for Raytheon (which owned Beech Aircraft).  That was circa 1998.  Thankfully Jay & Sandy are back in MA now.

An early Piper Cub.

After all of the excitement at the airport we headed over to do a few errands (nice to have a car for a change) and then to play some tennis.  Sue is definitely the ace in our family.