We headed back to Naples on Tuesday and found a whole slew of Harsens Islanders waiting for us. Amy Crouchman (Mel's ex-gf) lives here now - she recognized Scrappy as she drove by us one afternoon and stopped to say hi. Mel is down here visiting his friend Bob Farabee (old neighbor of Tom's). And Dave and Lynn Lozon arrived Saturday to boat with Tom and I to the Keys.
Ist stop, Sunday at Stan's Idle Hour on Marco Island. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Stan's, it is a party every Sunday, and only Sundays. They have these powerful little drinks called Buzzards (which I'm sure are just Rum - lots of rum- and Hi C)that go down way too easily. There's a little shop called Island Woman Boutique that sells all the tackiest clothing and accessories you could imagine. But somehow after a couple of Buzzards you find yourself shopping in this horrid little store and finding "must have" items like the ones we are sporting in the pictures to the left. In fairness, our boat is named Uncorked and so you see how these items just fit with the theme and had to be purchased and proudly worn. Stan's attracts every walk of life from your basic degenerate to the neighborhood millionaire. Hands down some of the best people watching on earth. And we saw a lot of people we knew, Gary Broad, Marv Tomlan, the Schmidts, the Hobsons, the parents of a guy Lynn and Dave's daughter could have ended up marrying, and someone my hubby did end up marrying, Tom's ex (Mary). Stan's never disappoints.
After much coffee and a little recovery, and after waving goodbye to a sad Melvin who'd lost his cell phone at Stan's, the four of us set off for Key West this morning and got a fairly calm crossing. The weather is back to lovely - yea!!! The Lozons have been contemplating a boat purchase so that they can do The Loop. They thought this week would be a good way to determine whether they will like boating enough to do it - we hadn't even left the dock and Lynn looked at Dave and said, "let's get the boat" We'll see if she's still as enthusiastic on Friday.
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