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Tue, Dec 2, 2008

Sugarloaf Key: Up early this morning and got a bunch of stuff done. After a conversation with customer service, mailed back the remote they sent me to replace the remote that isn’t working because the new one was WRONG. Had to accompany the remote with another letter explaining everything. Can’t wait to see what they send me this time. Mailed Sandy’s book back to her, did some grocery shopping, had some lunch and picked up a couple of videos. Back home and put everything away. Really cool and windy. Hung out inside the rest of the day. Mikey isn't happy because he can't get on the MSN spades site. I told him to quit his bitching--at least he has a remote that works! Supposed to warm up by the weekend. Think it hit 70 today is all.

Mon, Dec 1, 2008

W. P. Franklin CG to Sugarloaf Key: Left this morning at 8:45 after stopping at the dump station. Took the route that my brother Ron suggested which turned out really well. Rt. 29 is a good road even though it’s a one lane road. South of Immokalee Rt. 29 went through the Big Cyprus National Preserve and it got really pretty. Big panther habitat. There was even a panther preserve that had a bunch of hiking trails through it. Sure, they probably need a food source for the panthers. It only took us a little over an hour to get on I75 and from there we hit the Floridas Turnpike to Homestead. They’ve been working for years widening Rt. 1 from Homestead to Marathon. Finally, it’s just about done. In some places it’s been four-laned and in others it’s just been widened and they’ve added a cement barrier between lanes so passing is not an option. It is so much better and I’m sure has cut down on fatalities on this stretch of road. They also built a large bridge over the creek separating the mainland from Key Largo. We arrived at Lazy Lakes at 2:30—a 5 ½ hour drive. And there was a whole group there to greet us. Got set up finally and our cable was out. Comcast showed up and fixed ours, but there are several that are still out. Finished up around 7:00 and headed over to the KOA for happy hour. I really needed a couple of drinks. Oh yeah, the new remote was there waiting for me. However, IT WAS THE WRONG REMOTE! Now I’ve got to deal with that. Oh well, it’s beautiful down here. It will work out somehow. Guess Mike is back to being my remote slave.