Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Started out cloudy this morning but cleared off some. Left for Key West around 1:00 and met up with Sandy and Dan.  Sandy, Mike, and I walked over to the Curry Mansion—home of the first millionaire in Key West.  Did the self-guided tour.  In the huge attic in this historic home they had a pool table—from an outfit in Syracuse, NY.  Sandy and I played pool for a while.  Well, we tried anyway.  Left there and walked down Caroline so I could check out a Key West bracelet I had seen advertised.  Then we walked back to the Galleon and saw a couple of the racing sailboats coming in.  Next week is race week in Key West.  Decided to get something to eat at the Galleon Tiki Bar.  Ordered some sandwiches and Sandy started feeling really bad.  So she went up to their room to lie down.  So, we called it a night.  Hope she is okay.  75 today.  Saw a huge yacht coming in—probably here for the races.

This guy was busy cleaning the mast of one of the racing sailboats.

Sailboat racing

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf, FL:  Cloudy most of the morning.  After lunch we drove back to Key West to meet up with Sandy and Dan.  Played a couple of games of Spades and then we walked over to Alonzo’s for some dinner.  Back to their hotel and we played Trivial Pursuit until about 9:30.  Then we drove back home. It started pouring rain.  Rained pretty hard all the way home.  It was supposed to have been sunny all day today.  Oh well.  78 today.

Sunset Key

Wed, 1/11/12


Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Today is our laundry/grocery shopping day.  So, we headed to Big Pine and got that out of the way.  Had lunch at the Galley Grill and then drove home and put everything away.  Drove back to Key West to meet up with Sandy and Dan.  Played Spades and then Trivial Pursuit.  Walked down to Two Sisters for dinner and then back for more Trivial Pursuit.  Stormed for a while today, but it didn’t last long.  Driving back to our park it was still 77.

Sunset Key

Sunset Key

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A beautiful day today.  We had reservations for lunch at Latitudes on Sunset Key.  So we headed to Key West around noon and met Sandy and Dan by the Westin to wait for the ferry over to the island.  Took the 1:15 ferry and had to go around the cruise ship Carnival Magic to get out to the island.  There were two cruise ships in and lots of people around town.  Had a great lunch and Sandy and I walked around the island while Mike and Dan sat in the outside bar waiting for us.  Took the ferry back and walked back to the Galleon and played Spades and Trivial Pursuit.  Sandy and Dan beat us badly at Spades, and Dan won again at Trivial.  We (Sandy and I) cheated like mad, but Dan still won.  Mike came in second.  Low 80s today.  Another full moon as we drove back with the moon reflecting off the water and bathing everything in moonlight.  Still 75 at 9:00.

On the streets of Sunset Key

Carnival Magic

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Did the cleaning this morning and Mike went over and played shoes in the afternoon.  Left for Key West at about 4:00 to meet up with Sandy and Dan.  Picked them up at their hotel and then we walked to Pepe’s for dinner.  After dinner we walked back to the Galleon and played Trivial Pursuit in one of their game rooms.  Dan won AGAIN (sigh).  Drove back shortly after 10:00.  A beautiful evening with a full moon.  78 today.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  My sister, Sandy, and her husband, Dan, got in late last night.  They’re spending a week in Key West.  So we headed to the Galleon in Key West where they’re staying and the four of us walked over to Azur for breakfast.  Walked back to the Galleon and played Trivial Pursuit for a while.  Dan won.  There was a girl in the Tiki Bar with the cutest parrot.  Took pictures with him.  He was so friendly.  After our game we went over to the Rum Barrel and had a bite to eat and then Mike and I headed back home.  Saw a pretty bad accident on Hwy. 1.  But then we seem to always see bad accidents on that road.  A beautiful day today.  78 I think.  And a beautiful full moon tonight bathing everything in moonlight.

My sister, Sandy, and the cute parrot.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Today around 1:00 we headed to Key West to Home Depot.  We took Gerald and Esther with us.  They wanted to look for bamboo fencing for their site and we wanted to check out faux wood blinds for the fifth wheel.  Had lunch at the Stoned Crab after our shopping foray.  Back to the park and dropped off Esther and Gerald and their stuff.  Had a drink with them and sat around for a while.  Back home and watched our Netflix movie, “Larry Crowne,” with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.  When we were in LA they were setting up for the red carpet premiere of this movie.  Cute movie.  78 today.

Kodak Theater in Hollywood

Setting up for the red carpet premiere of Larry Crowne with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts