Tue, 1/1/08

Sugarloaf Key: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Our friend from Maine, Lance, stopped over for a while and his friend, Nancy, joined him. They stayed for quite a while and we blabbed about all sorts of things. Then we went in and watched the Missouri/Arkansas bowl game. Making a pork loin for dinner. No hangover. Life is good.

"Spy" baloon that is a constant presence in the lower Keys. This is the view from our campsite.

Close-up View

Mon, 12/31/07

Sugarloaf Key: Mike went over to the clubhouse at 1:00 and played shoes. I stayed and read my book. At around 5:00 we drove into Key West, parked and headed to the Roof Top Café which is around Mallory Square. But they were booked up with reservations. So we kept walking and stumbled upon a Jamaican place that had an upstairs deck, so we had dinner there. Not very good and pretty expensive. Last time we’ll go there. After dinner we walked around Duval for a while. While walking we found the Red Barn Theater on Duval. They’re putting on “Bark” right now. A canine cabaret. All dogs. We’ve gotta see that. Then we walked over to the historic seaport to see what was going on. Lots of boats all decorated up—leftovers from the boat parade a couple of weeks ago. Then we headed back home. We were supposed to hook up with some people and play Jokers, but there was no one around. Watched the ball drop. And in Key West they drop a drag queen, “Sushi” from a red stiletto. CNN actually had coverage of that also.