"WHALER FOR A DINGHY"

"I may not have the biggest boat in the marina but I've got a Whaler for a dinghy!" If I have heard this Pat Dailey quote once I have heard it one thousand times!!! CTM has been on a mission for the past 3 years to find a little Boston Whaler for back country fishing and bar hopping. He has dragged me all over the place looking at used Whalers. This latest "dragging" started with the rental car screw up. Yes, when we got to the rental car counter in Fort Lauderdale they did not have the economy (meaning cheapest) car I had booked. So....they gave us a brand new Tahoe that only had 400 miles on it and still has that new car smell! The first thing CTM did when we walked out to get it was look to see if it had a hitch....IT DID!!! I could see that his cogs were turning and I could see some more "dragging" in my future. When we went to the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show last weekend we went via Miami Lakes to look at a Whaler CTM had spotted on Craig's List. Well, it was PERFECT so we bought it! Here is our new baby "T/T Feeding Frenzy III."

From My Documents

One of our stipulations was that Carlos, now the previous owner, meet us in Florida City (northern end of the Keys) so we could avoid towing her through Miami. He graciously agreed! So....we met him at 10:00 a.m. in the Wal Mart parking lot in Florida City, did a little shopping at Wal Mart for Whaler supplies, stopped by West Marine for more Whaler supplies, stopped by Eye Catcher Signs so she could officially get her name, stopped at Caribe for more Whaler supplies, dropped her at Sandy Cove Marina for safe keeping until Sunday, threw our clothes together to head to Key West for Meeting of the Minds (more on this later), stopped in Marathon at the Department of Revenue and did all of the paperwork, stopped at No Name Pub for some shrimp pizza and a couple of celebratory beers, and then on to Key West to drink 25 celebratory rum drinks and catch Jim Morris at Hogsbreath!!! Phew!!!!! What a day!

We have been in Key West now for two days and spending the morning licking our wounds. Will be here until Sunday when we will head back up to normalcy and to pick up our new baby. We ALMOST miss our new baby as much as Lola Bean....NOT!!!!! Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM