Sat, Nov 28, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Ran a bunch of errands today. Went to the flea market on Big Pine. Not too many vendors there yet, but we were able to get what we needed. Bought some new towels, picked up some wine, and had lunch at Pizza Works. Back home and sat outside in the sun reading for a while. The moon rise the last couple of nights has been awesome. Makes the lake sparkle, and the view out our back window is beautiful in the moonlight. After dinner we played rummy for a while. We each won a game. 82 today and beautiful!

Table centerpiece for dinner.

Key West Harbor.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key

Fri, Nov 27, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Another nice day today, but still quite windy. We decided to lay low today and keep away from any retail areas. Our neighbor, Larry, brought over some snapper fish fillets. He and John had gone fishing this morning. I baked them up with some chopped tomatoes, jalapenos, olives, onion, and some lime juice. They actually came out pretty good. We had a great holiday dinner yesterday with Debbie, Craig, and friends. About 14 of us all together. After dinner a smaller version of the Trailer Trash Band entertained. Upper 70s today.

Douglas in the shades, and Craig in the turkey hat.

Craig smoked up a bunch of meat and everyone brought a dish.

 

Craig's other half--Debbie.

Jerry brought out the guitar and Sandy her harmonica and the fun began.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thu, Nov 26, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Beautiful, sunny, and warm day. But the trade winds, they are a blowin’. We’re going to Craig and Debbie’s site for cocktails at 2:00. Dinner at 4:00. Should be fun. Happy Thanksgiving!

Lazy Lakes, Sugarloaf Key

Wed, Nov 25, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Still really windy. Drove into Key West in the morning to pick up a pie for our Thanksgiving dinner. No dinner at the park this year. Craig and Debbie, our former neighbors, invited us over to share with them and a bunch of others. He’s smoking a turkey, a pork loin, and something else, not sure what. They’ve invited about 14 people. We also picked up a plant to replace the one we had to cut down in order to get into our site. The manager of the park said he was going to cut it down anyway, so no harm, no foul. Pasta for dinner. Mid-70s today.

Fat Albert has been down a lot--maybe because of the wind?

Lazy Lakes, Sugarloaf Key

Tue, Nov 24, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf, FL:  It’s been really windy since we’ve been here. Hardly went out at all today. In the afternoon Char and Doug came by and we invited them in. The former LL maintenance guy was over at Char and Jerry’s site doing some work. So we followed Char and Doug over to have a cocktail with them. Even windier over there. Came back, closed up and called it a day. 82 today.

Not much activity at the pool.

Our banana tree.

Lazy Lakes, Sugarloaf Key

Mon, Nov 23, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf, FL:  I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. Mike not so much. His back is bothering him after all the trials and tribulations yesterday. We changed the sheets and then did the laundry and grocery shopping. Had lunch at the Stoned Crab and then back home to put everything away. A lot of traffic and people in Key West. After getting all our stuff away, we started dealing with the cable—unsuccessfully. We finally got some help and we now have cable. I wonder what next? Went over to the KOA for happy hour and then home to watch TV and crash.

Saw this tiny little flower in the scrub.
Lake Manatee State Park

Lake Manatee the last day we were there. Beautiful!

Lazy Lakes, Sugarloaf Key

Sun, Nov 22, Pine Isle RV Park, Homestead, FL, to Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf, FL:  At 4:00 a.m. this morning an alarm started sounding. We haven’t had any sun since we got here, and the batteries were getting low. So, we shut off the inverter and went back to bed. It poured down rain for a while, and as soon as there was a break we went out and hooked up the truck so we would have enough battery power to bring up the jacks, etc., etc. Hung out with our friends for an hour or so and then we said our goodbyes and headed down to the Keys. The weather cleared and we had an uneventful trip down. However, the new site we’re going into that we thought would be really easy to get into wasn’t. To make a long story short, we had to cut down a bush in the site across from us. We finally got it in, but not where we really wanted it. But it will have to do for now.  84 today.

Charlie and Johanne's site in Homestead.

They have a cement patio and another cement pad in back for their gazebo--and a paved driveway for their vehicle.

Sweet Molly.

Sitting in their driveway watching Johanne sweep the patio.