Nautical Flea Market and Show

Every year Islamorada, which is up closer to Miami from where we are, has an annual Nautical Flea Market and Show. We went this year and enjoyed ourselves as they had everything including new boats on display.....

This being the one I picked....and its on sale, only $139,000.00 before taxes and without the trailer!!!! New boats along with everything else have become quite expensive and when you consider dockage or storage its a tad much for the use it would get unless you lived on the water down here. This one would be perfect for fishing!

The Flea Market section was another story as rods and reels were really quite a bargain and there was quite a selection of other marine items beyond the usual T-shirts and "stuff". Lots of people!

We stopped briefly for lunch and spotted this skindiving shark that the grandkids would get a kick out of.
There was also a rental and school for the newest craze down here....Kite Boarding. These guys get going and fly into the air up to twenty feet. They control the kite with two hand controls, but they are attached directly to the kite. We were told that as part of the training they have you fly a small kite that is controlable with two hands. The large kites are quite simple....you inflate a couple of tubes to provide structure then attach it to a harness you wear like a life preserver.
Not for the faint of heart.

Incidentally, I don't think I saw anyone over 30 participating.