Got up early. Checked on my patients. Everybody’s doing okay. Time to get out of here.

Loaded up the boat and set off for Key Largo in smooth seas and cloudy skies.

Despite the weather, everything worked out perfectly. We even got to see some turtle porn: two sea turtles (Ridleys?) mating in the water. Now this was something I had never seen before.  I guess I never thought about how it was that turtles undertook to propagate their species. The at-the-waterline act seemed somewhat perilous—boats passing by, the female looking for all the world like the male was trying to drown her, etc.

All in all it was a great day: some snorkeling thrown in for good measure and a delicious home-made pasta dinner in a beautiful borrowed house to finish it off. Looking forward to another day with no one’s pets to worry about.