Sunday, February 18, 2007

Chickens are all over the place in Key West. This one was in Ricky's Blue Heaven Cafe in Key West Old Town where we like to go for breakfast. We've found them as far north as Big Pine Key. The roosters are quite beautiful, with iridescent feathers and big, plumy tails. The little chicks run around all over also. And they all survive quite well, what with the traffic and all. They are protected now. Guess they were first brought over from Cuba. I know they used to have cock fights many years ago. Now they just roam around. Cats roam around also. They kind of co-exist.

We didn't do too much today. It's really cool and very windy. We finally had to remove all the stuff hanging off our awning because they kept blowing off. After the rain stopped Mike took care of emptying our tanks and a couple of other outside chores. Later Mike watched the Daytona 500 and I read my latest book. Had left-overs for dinner and watched Desperate Housewives on TV.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Cool but sunny this morning. We drove to Key West and toured this ship—the USS Mohawk. It was originally a Coast Guard ice cutter and then served in WWII as a troop escort. A very small ship to be out on the open seas. Stopped by the Eco Center for a little bit. There is a huge EPA research ship docked there. Must be an interesting place to work. On the way home we stopped at Borders so Mike could pick up a book he ordered. Neither one of us feels great today. Back to Lazy Lakes and Mike watched his race and I played spades and read. Mike grilled chicken for dinner. We watched Cast Away.