Mon, 1/16/12:
Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A bright, sunny day, but cool again.  The guy from Key West came out and measured our windows for the new blinds we’re getting.  After he left I finished up the cleaning and Mike went over to play shoes.  I relaxed inside the rest of the day reading my latest book.  Wasn’t that enthused about going to happy hour, but we picked up Esther and Gerald at 5:00 and headed over to the KOA.  After a couple of drinks there with the group, the four of us went to Mangrove Mama’s for more drinks and some Shrimp St. Jacques.  Left around 10:00 and came home.  Low 70s today.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Sunny but cool again today.  We decided to head to Key West to see “War Horse”.  A pretty good movie.  A long movie—over 2 hours.  Stopped to see Esther and Gerald on our way home.  Didn’t stay long because we wanted to watch the Green Bay/Giants football game.  Esther and Gerald are rooting for the Giants, we’re rooting for Green Bay.  Whoever loses buys the wine.  Told them we want a nice Cabernet.  71 today.

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Sat, 1/14/12


Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Cold and windy today.  We didn’t even go out.  Were going to meet Sandy and Dan for breakfast as they were driving out of the Keys, but she still wasn’t feeling great.  So we watched movies, basketball and, football and ate left-overs.  68 today.

Chickens of Key West

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