Farewell, Reluctant Thieves

The time has come to put this blog on hiatus till the next visit. (Or give the keys to the permanent residents, but that may be too much, too soon.)

We'll leave you with this frankly unsatisfying extract from Boca Raton, a shoddy book in the Images of America series that Sarah picked up at Barnes & Noble:

Anyone who has taken a Spanish class in high school or college probably knows that "boca" means "mouth" and "raton" means "mouse," but contrary to conventional wisdom, Boca Raton does not mean "mouse mouth." A more likely explanation is that it is a term for an inlet, because it serves as the mouth of a waterway, and Boca Raton indeed has an inlet of its own. The term "raton" can also be used to denote a reluctant or cowardly thief. Romantic legends and tall tales spread by early developers suggested that the calm, relatively shallow waters of Lake Boca Raton provided a haven for pirates and mariners hoping to wait out inclement weather.

Indeed, these pirates have waited out the worst of the Canadian winter in these waters. Home!