March 13 - Meetings with Marina

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Both our girls were born at our home with a wonderful Certified Nurse Midwife in attendance named Marina Alzugaray.  She lives in the Keys, about 2 miles from our campground, so we of course we were excited to get in a visit with her.  Off we went, around 10 AM.

Marina, and her husband Steve, live on the water in a marvelous, airy, home with lush tropical gardens surrounding the rear of the house.  We spent a leisurely few hours there catching up on events in our respective lives, sipping fresh coconut juice, and swimming. 

 We swam out to a coral reef, now dead and almost like a platform. Doug and the girls got stung a few times by a group of jelly fish hovering above the reef.  Back at Steve and Marina's the discussion centered on what to do about the stinging skin. Urine is supposed to take the sting out, but nobody seemed eager to have Doug pee on them.  Doug and Steve made a run to the store for meat tenderizer, which is also supposed to help.  By the time it was applied, the stinging had subsided pretty much anyway.  Below on the left is Marina, and on the right is Jordan enjoying her coconut.

At the end of the visit, Steve took this shot of us in their gardens.

That evening, Angelika treated us to dinner.  "Mangrove Mama's", directly across US 1 from our trailer park, came highly recommended and was reportedly moderately priced -- almost everything down here costs beaucoup bucks -- so off we went.  We dined al fresco as we are wont to do, the food was excellent, and the portions generous.  We came away very stuffed.