Back to Marathon

The day was scheduled for some chores yesterday - haircut for Josie, laundry and work on things at home. We started out with the haircut in Marathon for Josie and then stopped at the Sombrero Beach again. There was a storm front expected through yesterday, so we didn't know if we should stay at the beach and risk getting caught in it, or head home to do our other chores. We took another shot of this nice beach:

and decided to head home so we could get the other things done. We are anxious to return here and spend a few hours.

While heading back out of town, we stopped at a place that has been generating curiosity in us - the Turtle Hospital:

This is a fascinating place where they take in injured or sick sea turtles and nurse them back to health for release again into the sea. We spent quite a bit of time walking through their entry area where all types of sea turtles are described, descriptions (with photos) of a sample of turtles that they've restored to health and maps of places where each species of sea turtle - there are 7 - are found in the world. Almost all of the species are found in the Florida Keys, so this hospital has treated a wide variety of turtles. These turtles go back to the dinosaur age - 200 million years. This is also the nesting period for sea turtles, and there were descriptions of how and where they nest, and all about the predators. There is a tour of the Hospital that is conducted each hour - $15.95 per person - but since we wanted to get home, decided to save that money. It would be a wonderful tour to take someday.

The storm started to move in when we returned home and the laundry was postponed until another day. It wasn't nearly as bad as the storms that hit north of us, and we only got .04" of rain, with very little wind. We are thankful for that.

Another week starts today - can't wait to see the new confusion that has set in. We are still not clear on when we should go into the office. One person says we should both be in at 8 AM, another says staggered (as scheduled), and another says 8:30 so that we both can close at 5 PM. Sheesh! We will stick to the "official" printed schedule for now. Josie will go in at 8, and I will go in at 8:30. Stay tuned for news of another exciting day at work...