tuesday we adventured to Anne's beach on Upper Matecumbe key. it must be florida keys' version of a beach because it wasnt much of a new jersey beach by any means. the water was sooo shallow which made it get super hot in the sun. it was almost painful wading through the water until you got out to a foot deep or so. it was pretty much 3 feet deep all the way out to the channel and was hardly cooler than bath water... AKA not refreshing when its 95+ outside!! so we came back to the condo and swam in the chilled pool.yesterday (wednes) we just hung out ouside by the pool and went to the marina nextdoor to try our luck fishing....saw some gigantic tarpon and a decent size (2-3 ft) nurse shark...but no luck catching anything worthy of mention.
today we went fishing with Ernie's nieces and their boyfriends who are staying in the condo complex next to ours...the day was beautifully perfect... i didnt feel sick at all, and didnt get too burnt either. the highlight of my day wasnt the fishing, but the fact that i saw my first dolphin...it was swimming in/with the wake of the boat!!! it was kind of sad because it was all by itself but it was still super cool to see. i've never seen them that close-up before!!
oh...and we caught some fish...not quite sure what kind...maybe a queen red snapper?? red color with big eyes. technically Ed out-fished me today because he got the biggest one (cobia...looks like a shark but is actually a fish) buttttt it wiggled off the hook before the captain got it in the boat! other than that we caught alot of small snappers that we tossed back but kept 6 of the red/queen snappers for dinner. Ed fillet(ed) the fish and we took it to a restaurant to cook it up for us! soo we've had a great week so far. the plan is to drop off more job applications tomorrow (friday) and get some more sunscreen!! (im sure mom will appreciate that) ---with that note. what the hell is sunscreen SO expensive?!?!?!?! thats all for now folks
-danielle
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