On Highway One Sugarloaf Marina is the sort of place you ride by and hardly notice, it's just a collection of small buildings, a Realtor's office, a mechanic and some boats. From the water it is a convenient place to buy gas.
Being the curious rider that I am, I actually took the time to stop and look around one night on my way home from an overtime shift.
http://conchscooter.blogspot.com/2008/07/sugarloaf-nocturne.html
Being the curious rider that I am, I actually took the time to stop and look around one night on my way home from an overtime shift.http://conchscooter.blogspot.com/2008/07/sugarloaf-nocturne.html
By day we have a useful launch ramp which puts boaters 15 minutes from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The shaded gas dock is the usual mixture of convenience store, hang out and meeting place. 
You'll see these signs in marinas all over Florida. The Keys get their water from the South Florida Aquifer by pipe along side the highway, so the water source is shared with millions of people on the mainland. It's hard to imagine 73,000 Monroe County residents make much difference one way or the other, but we must all do our bit and hope for the best.
Tootie, (or Zuzu) took a close interest in the proceedings.
The restaurant at the Sugarloaf Lodge is across the water. The place is being renovated and I'm told wood fired pizza is supposed to be part of the new eatery. The lodge itself continues to function as a motel as far as I can tell through the work on the restaurant.
There are moments when I consider taking a flight on this ultra light, a simple motorcycle of the air. There used to be one on North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West and it seemed a very...elemental way to fly, as I watched it wobble into the air off the water.
We ended up following another boat north out of the marina after the refueling was done. I think non ethanol gas is around $5 a gallon but I was a guest this day so I averted my eyes from the bloodbath at the cash register.
Some of that precious fuel vaporizing as we got up on a place leaving the marina basin.
Hot sun, no rain, lots of gas and lots of salt water to explore. Another fine day in the fabulous Florida Keys.
Tootie, (or Zuzu) took a close interest in the proceedings.
The restaurant at the Sugarloaf Lodge is across the water. The place is being renovated and I'm told wood fired pizza is supposed to be part of the new eatery. The lodge itself continues to function as a motel as far as I can tell through the work on the restaurant.
There are moments when I consider taking a flight on this ultra light, a simple motorcycle of the air. There used to be one on North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West and it seemed a very...elemental way to fly, as I watched it wobble into the air off the water. 
We ended up following another boat north out of the marina after the refueling was done. I think non ethanol gas is around $5 a gallon but I was a guest this day so I averted my eyes from the bloodbath at the cash register.Some of that precious fuel vaporizing as we got up on a place leaving the marina basin.
Hot sun, no rain, lots of gas and lots of salt water to explore. Another fine day in the fabulous Florida Keys. 
9 comments:
I'm back, I've missed your posts!! Did ya miss me?
of course. However I'm sure who's pissed off or just fed up chasing five a day.Or busy with living.
I don't think it's a question of being pissed off or fed up; rather it's a function of you finding a rhythm in this new format. Your posts before were longer and ambling - some were gems, others less so. With the new format, you seemed a bit hurried at first...but now you're reset your perspective, focused on a an audience and are delivering a nice tight message.
This sort of thing happens whenever there is a change; some of the old guard is lost (how many Conchs does it take to change a lightbulb? Ten. One to change it and nine to complain about how Key West will never be the same...) while the message reaches a wider audience.
This is human nature, and like all things, will pass.
I personally applaud your efforts. Keep it up - watch which posts get the most views/comments, and go with the flow.
With an opinion and not afraid to share it,
Chuck on Fleming.
Michael--
I bent over and paid $4.50 for ethanol gas last week, and the damn refinery is just around the corner from me.
Tip: Take a flight on the ultralight sometime, you will not regret it. Low and slow is the way to go, very motorcycle like (but the view is better from 500 feet).
Chuck--
Best Conch joke I've heard in a long time. Well done.
Oh, one more thing. As the publisher of a magazine, Chuck's advice is spot-on.
You have to find your rhythm. Once you do, good things happen.
I wonder if you have lost some of your regular commenters or perhaps they are just dispersed among the more numerous posts and are more difficult to spot. Adding the recent comment widget would allow many comments to be viewed in one spot, which might rekindle some of the communication between commenters.
Onward and upward- one more thing to try to figure out. I see all coments on my e-mail (except for some reason Singing To Jeffrey's Tune to whose comment I must have done something unspeakable eons ago and his never appear in my e-mail).
I have wondered what happened to Jeffrey.
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