Not all our visitors are human. 
This lone manatee exploring the docks at Banana Bay must have been 6 to 7 feet long.
With a little imagination you can see a cloud plane flying by - and no, we weren't drunk when we took the picture.
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Our days here continued to fly by amid daily chores, shopping, meeting friends, and interesting marina happenings. On Monday Banana Bay was visited by a lone, large manatee who lingered here for several hours swimming between our boats and the docks. Everyone was thrilled to get a close-up view of this huge, gentle creature whose facial features really do make it look like a "sea-cow".
On Tuesday evening we took Sallyann and Andrew out to dinner at the Marathon Yacht Club for their respective birthdays along with our friend, Richard, the "guardian angel" who led us all safely down the Tenn-Tombigbee Waterway during the floods last November. Richard is a great story-teller and a true Southern gentleman, and we all had a delicious celebratory dinner while being regaled by his travel stories.
Thursday was our "dinner and theater" night. While not as glamorous as this might imply, we truly had a lot of fun! We had dinner at the bar of the "Hurricane" where it was "Wing Night". George happily consumed 20 hot chicken wings by himself, while Pat had a burger. Following this feast, we headed to the Marathon Community Theater for their production of "Guys and Dolls", one of Pat's favorite Broadway shows. The cast, to her delight, included some youngsters who performed as gamblers along with their fathers. They all did a fine job, and we went home humming some of the great tunes of the show.
All the boaters at the marina held a Pot-Luck Dinner at the picnic area of Banana Bay on Friday evening. There was an abundance of food, and lots of Planter's Punch to go around for everyone. After dinner, we all walked over to the resort's beach area for sunset, and "Lo and Behold", we got to observe our first sighting of the elusive "Green Flash", which we have been hoping to see for many years! Weather and atmospheric conditions have to be perfect in order to see this phenomenon, and we both got to see this pinpoint of green light together at the same moment, finally proving to George that Pat's effort to spot it while viewing a multitude of sunsets was not in vain!
Our friends, Lou and Judy, arrived late Sunday afternoon for their second visit to Banana Bay this season, and we were delighted to see them. The weather was perfect for them, and we enjoyed cocktails and dinner aboard on our outside deck that evening.
On Tuesday evening we took Sallyann and Andrew out to dinner at the Marathon Yacht Club for their respective birthdays along with our friend, Richard, the "guardian angel" who led us all safely down the Tenn-Tombigbee Waterway during the floods last November. Richard is a great story-teller and a true Southern gentleman, and we all had a delicious celebratory dinner while being regaled by his travel stories.
Thursday was our "dinner and theater" night. While not as glamorous as this might imply, we truly had a lot of fun! We had dinner at the bar of the "Hurricane" where it was "Wing Night". George happily consumed 20 hot chicken wings by himself, while Pat had a burger. Following this feast, we headed to the Marathon Community Theater for their production of "Guys and Dolls", one of Pat's favorite Broadway shows. The cast, to her delight, included some youngsters who performed as gamblers along with their fathers. They all did a fine job, and we went home humming some of the great tunes of the show.
All the boaters at the marina held a Pot-Luck Dinner at the picnic area of Banana Bay on Friday evening. There was an abundance of food, and lots of Planter's Punch to go around for everyone. After dinner, we all walked over to the resort's beach area for sunset, and "Lo and Behold", we got to observe our first sighting of the elusive "Green Flash", which we have been hoping to see for many years! Weather and atmospheric conditions have to be perfect in order to see this phenomenon, and we both got to see this pinpoint of green light together at the same moment, finally proving to George that Pat's effort to spot it while viewing a multitude of sunsets was not in vain!
Our friends, Lou and Judy, arrived late Sunday afternoon for their second visit to Banana Bay this season, and we were delighted to see them. The weather was perfect for them, and we enjoyed cocktails and dinner aboard on our outside deck that evening.
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