Sunday was Randall’s 47th Birthday. We don’t have much of a birthday tradition so it was perfect luck that Wendy, Ernest and Hope were in Key West with a few hours away from their Disney cruise. We had a super time starting with lunch at Sloppy Joes. Beer, Sloppy joes and dirty fries – are […]
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Isla Mujeres to Key West
We left Isla Tuesday evening. This required a visit with Inga. We may now always refer to her as Isla’s Inga. Anyone who ever stayed at El Milagro must leave with fond memories of Inga. Or, at least, strong memories. In anticipation of our departure, Randall says to me, “We need to find out from […]

Eating Well With Friends
Well Michelle has been keeping us up past our bedtime. There is a quite varied and interesting world which emerges after dark that we tend to know little about so it is good to have her along for these after-dark forays. However, before the nightlife, we had a full schedule of Isla touring. Lily was […]

Having Fun With New Friends and One Very Special Old Friend
We have had a nice, lazy week waiting around for the weekend. We met several new friends at Taco Tuesday night. While we were there, Lily talked with Reba of Tropical Fun about her sea glass jewelry. Reba sells her jewelry at some of the local events. We were excited to see her table later […]

Interview with Eric Schott, Owner of El Milagro
By Lily Fuchs What I am doing today is I will interview Eric. Eric is the owner of El Milagro Beach Hotel & Marina. El Milagro was a shrimp factory before Eric bought it. He had to redesign the whole property. Eric is also a Realtor who lives and works in Santa Barbara, CA. He […]

Dia de los Muertos
El Milagro Marina also has a few rooms for rent and Lily played all day long with her new friend Christina. Her family had plans to walk down to the plaza for the Dia de los Muertos and we tagged along with them. Linda, Cantrell, Victor and Christina are from Tennessee and have vacationed on […]

Saturday Night Party and Sunday Sports
We had a fun Saturday night at a Nana Juana Bon Voyage Party for Scott, Tracy, Will and Molly. About 30 people gathered to toast the boat which has managed to be so much to so many. They have been always-generous friends, beguiling storytellers, energetic marina managers and the absence of their cheery Aussie greetings […]

Tour de Washington
Throughout our Gallegos visit, there were occasional references to the upcoming Tour de Washington planned for Sunday. The Gallegos had long-in-the-making plans to group up with their Seattle friends for a 22-mile bike ride from Hyak to Rattlesnake Lake east of Seattle near Snoqualmie Pass. They had already accomplished a reconnaissance bike ride of the […]

Sleep-Over Weekend
Friday, we heard rumors of a Lily look-alike on a boat at Ram Marina. We decided to investigate. Sure enough, there was a smiley blond, just-turned-eleven, girl on the sailboat Sunny Rays. We made friends, got invited for birthday cake and left minus our little smiley blonde who ended up staying on Sunny Rays for […]

Fickle Hearts In Rough Seas
Yesterday, we trailed Susie and John around the island as they did their gourmet shopping. John is making sushi for the upcoming island cook-off so sushi supplies were purchased at Bulk Gourmet. We stopped at a small open air carneceria in Coxen Hole for some ground pork and they told the butchers how well their […]