Walrus fleas

The gigantic nautical flea market was gigantic.  Thousands of people both days.  A lot of people came in boats to avoid the traffic jam out on the highway.  We stayed in the park both days. 

 

We has some success shopping for shoes and T-shirts.  (Cheap)  There were lots of vendors with fishing gear and nautical stuff.  I was able to find some new fuel line I needed.  But unfortunately, there were no nautical fleas for sale.  False advertising.

Once again, the hot dog man had some interesting stories from the sandbar.  He ended up in the emergency room Sunday night.  Earlier in the day, a young child was wading along the edge of the sandbar on his way to buy some ice cream from the hot dog man.  The kid started screaming, and hot dog man jumped off the hot dog boat to pick him up out of the water.  The kid was being stung by man-of-wars.  Hot dog man was also stung.  After he got home, hot dog man started feeling a tingling in his arm, and his heart was racing.  He called his wife (in Chicago) and she said he should go to the hospital.  She thought he was having a heart attack.  He said he would get better soon, but she said she was going to call 911 in Chicago, and have them get in touch with the hospital here to send an ambulance to the marina.  Since he didn't want to wake up all his dock neighbors, he went to the hospital on his own.  It was the poison from the man-of-war stings affecting his nervous system.  He's fine today. 

Our boat neighbors, Mike and Kay Ann saw a "walrus" and her calf by the dock today.  

They will stay and drink fresh water all day.  

 

 Dalai (the dog) wasn't sure at first, and hid under momma.

But she came around.

The "walrus" rolled over on her back and floated a while.

 Before long, things got out of control.