Marathon, Florida - Part 1

The Florida Keys is our happy place. We headed down for our second Mini Season this year.  We love the spiny lobsters!  We stayed at Jolly Roger and got the boat ready as soon as we landed :-)  We had a fun filled 11 days of diving for lobster, fishing, snorkeling, exploring and relaxing!  Here are some of the highlights (Part 1)

Brendan and Braden getting the boat "assembled"

They needed Aaron's muscles!

The boat is a bit of a pain, but once it's in the water it is totally worth the trouble.

Nice water view through the other rigs 

Just hanging out

Tarpon Creek Bar and Grille

Brendan and Braden

The crew cruising on the golf cart

Captain Bryan

Peek A Boo!

One of the most relaxing, peaceful things to do in the world

Paradise

Bodie loves getting cozy after a full day in the sun

Fish cleaning station was always busy!

Braden is a pro at this!

Our family in our little plastic "yacht"

LOL

Bugs

One way to do it....

Another way to look for lobster

Success!!!

Happy Boy

Our catch

Dinner....

More Florida Keys fun to come...Stay tuned!

Hollywood, Florida

And we're headed to The Keys...one of our favorite places to visit!  It will be our second year in The Keys for Mini-Season (which is a two day lobster extravaganza on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July!)  On our way there, we stopped in Hollywood, Florida.  We've been here once before and we really enjoyed it.  It's also a great way to break up the long trip between Orlando and Marathon.  We had to replace our air conditioner while we were there (I don't think I've ever been so hot!!!!)  We found a great RV service center in the area that really helped us out of a hot and sticky situation!!!!  It was a quick stop over but we managed to get the rig fixed and eat at our favorite foodie hub, Jaxson's in Dania Beach!

Amusing ourselves on the road trip...

Nom Nom Nom

Jaxson's...Home of the very large wiener!

YUM!

Braden couldn't believe the size of his dinner!  He immediately texted everyone he knows!

Milkshakes at Jaxson's are a specialty! 

This man can fix anything!

Did I mention how SCORCHING HOT it was that day?????

Need.Air.Conditioning.Very.Badly.In.Florida!

Never too hot to fish~

In the end, the air conditioner needed to be replaced (whole new unit was installed an hour before the shop closed for the weekend!).  Lots of fishing and eating happened, too!  We were ready to continue the trek to Marathon for LOBSTER!!!!