Judy's Blog

Yesterday while it poured all the way until sunset, we did what any member of the Conch Republic would do during a storm - we donned our foul weather gear and made our way (which wasn't easy because roads were flooded) to Sloppy Joe's for bloody mary's and the best tasting nachos, topped with the famous Sloppy Joes, ever. We walked around Duval in the rain, just like everyone else, except coming off of a sailboat, we were much better prepared with our raincoats and boat shoes. We came back to the boat to rest and to weather out the storm, which stopped shortly before sunset. After a swim (we had the entire pool to ourselves) we saw a beautiful sunset. Went back to our favorite Schooners Wharf Bar on the boardwalk for dinner. Walked around the marina and talked to some of the participants in the World Kingfish Tournament, which we learned is for people who are wealthy...and more wealthy. The cost is about $10,000 to enter, then you have to have one of these fancy, million dollar plus fishing boats with about 7 crew (including a photographer to document the catch), many have another boat just for bait, and on and on. The top prize can be over a million bucks. Guess we will stick to our two lines we troll off of our stern!