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| Maggie retrieving a stick at Cocoa Plum Beach, Marathon---Rasta Dog? |
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| After a bath, pelican watching on our dock. |
Our first full day was a bit of frustration—still no internet or phone at the house—but also instructive and fun. We haven’t gotten to relaxing yet!
We wanted to get Maggie (and ourselves) into a routine of exercise and were hoping to find a long beach for walking and running. But when we had checked into the hotel in Daytona Beach the receptionist warned us that walking a dog on a posted public beach in Florida is an “arrest-able offense.” So we needed to proceed with caution. Luckily a friendly local bartender (and dog owner) told us about a dog park on Sunset Street here in Tavernier, less than a mile from our house. We were a little late yesterday--apparently the park is full of dogs and owners from 8-10 AM. But a nice woman across the street popped over to give us details and point us towards Cocoa Plum Beach down in Marathon, where dogs can swim and run. As we were talking the mailman drove up and stuck his head out to admire our “beautiful Afghan Hound.” Ha!
We found Cocoa Plum Beach on the Atlantic Ocean side of Marathon Key. It has a beautiful long sugar-sand beach and wonderful posters of all the different kinds of sea turtles--and dogs are allowed. Maggie loved it and turned into an insane Rasta dog, diving underwater to find a stick Bud was throwing for and then running it up onto the sand. Great fun, but she needed a full bath and combing when we got home. Afterwards we all hung out on the dock until sunset. Our first, and a real beauty. Maggie had fun watching the pelicans—luckily she was not inclined to dive in after them.
Tomorrow we’ll start at the dog park, take along walk and get ready to greet friends Steve and Noreen who arrive by sea later in the day.
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