Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Had the quilt on the bed last night.  Got up just in time to intercept Charlie and Maple on their way around the lake.  So Maple got her treats.  Another Mike stopped by with his beautiful German shepherd, Cage.  He’s 18 months old and is huge.  Mostly black except for his 4 paws and a chest patch.  Really nasty today early.  Then cleared off a little in the afternoon.  We decided to go see a movie at new town.  Saw “Snitch” which was an okay movie.  Lots of action.  Back home to a chocolate cream pie I made this morning.  65 today. 

Schooner Western Union.  It's the largest in the fleet and we hope to sail on her before we leave this year.  It'll depend on the weather.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A quiet day today.  Talked about going to La Te Da and catching the Randy Roberts show, but it was cold and windy so we hung out inside.  Watched our Netflix movie, “Gloomy Sunday” which was an excellent German film with subtitles.  Played Cribbage and I actually won both games.  Made chili for dinner.  Good day for it.  Upper 60s today.  Sun made a cameo appearance is all.

Another beautiful Keys sunset.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Charlie and Maple stopped by this morning.  Today is Maple’s 14^th birthday.  She got special treats today.  Today not looking very promising weather-wise, so we headed to Key West and the Tropic to see “Hyde Park on Hudson”.  Good movie about a visit to FDR at Hyde Park by the King and Queen of England.  Upon exiting the theater, imagine our dismay when we realized the weather had deteriorated even more.  Walked to and from the Tropic on Emma Street through Truman Annex and enjoyed some exotic and heady aromas—like jasmine or honeysuckle.  Back to Lazy Lakes and got ensconced.  70 today early, and then downhill. 

Doors of Key West

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Cool and cloudy today—and going to get cooler.  We spent a lazy day pretty much staying inside and watching movies.  We’ve noticed in our forays up and down the Keys this year that they are really expanding the bike paths.  Especially in the lower Keys.  Pretty soon we’ll be able to bike from our park all the way into Key West.  Gerald wants to go on another bike outing.  We’ll see.  We don’t have much time left.  Low 70s today I guess.  

Farewell flowers--they start blooming right about when it's time for us to leave.

How beautiful!

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Rainy this morning.  After our morning ablutions we headed to Key West.  Mike had to pick up a license plate holder for the truck and I had to go back to the yarn shop on Whitehead.  Got that done, parked over at the Eco Center and then walked over to Santiago’s Bodega for lunch.  Our first time at this tapas-style restaurant in the Bahama Village section of Key West.  Excellent lunch under a clearing sky.  We both had spicy shrimp soup; I had tenderloin, Mike had lamb patties, and we shared an excellent bread pudding for dessert.  Walked back to our truck and then drove back to Sugarloaf.  Guess we’ll probably go to the dinner tonight.  Floyd and Jerry are roasting a whole pig.  We won’t eat much I’m sure. I already have a headache from the champagne I imbibed at lunch.

Lots of roosters walking around.

This guy came up to our table.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Charlie and Maple stopped by this morning.  After they left we got everything together and went to Big Pine to do the laundry and the grocery shopping.  Rewarded ourselves with pizza for lunch and headed back.  Took our pizza bones (crusts) back for Maple and Foxy.  Chatted with our Canadians for a while and headed back to our site to put everything away.  Relaxed outside reading for a while.  Then headed over to the point for a memorial get-together for two of our friends we lost last year—Joe and Dale.  85 again today.

Photos from last night's sunset sail aboard the America

Approaching a cruise ship just leaving Key West.

Schooner Western Union

Schooner Western Union in the setting sun.

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Another very warm and sunny day.  Our usual Monday—Mike goes for donuts in the morning and shoes in the afternoon.  I got the cleaning done in the morning, with the added fun of defrosting the freezer.  Instead of happy hour tonight, we’re going to take a sunset sail aboard either the schooner America or the schooner Western Union.  Both are historic.  Schooner America won the 2011 Chesapeake Bay schooner race and the schooner Western Union was built in 1939 and was used to repair and maintain all the telegraph cable from Key West to Cuba and throughout the Caribbean.  It’s on the list of historic places and is the largest of the schooner fleet in Key West.  After our cruise we’ll probably have dinner at the Conch Republic Seafood Restaurant again.  It is so good!  85 today.

Schooner America

Schooner America sailing past Ft. Zach.

Western Union