Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Pretty nice today.  Mid-70s.  Drove over to Key West to join Sandy and Dan at the Galleon.  They had walked all over the place and were pretty tired.  We just hung out, sat on the balcony and people watched for a while.  Then around 4:30 we walked over to Mangia Mangia, an Italian restaurant on Southard, and had a wonderful dinner.  Walked back along the historic seaport and schooner wharf.  Still pretty warm.  Played one game of Spades and then we headed home.  Everyone was pretty tired.  Supposed to be pretty cool the rest of the week.

Sat, 12/4/10:

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A little warmer this morning.  Up sort of early and after our showers we headed to the Galley Grill for breakfast.  I had Blackstone eggs Benedict and Mike had scrapple and eggs.  With a really good breakfast in us we headed for the flea market on Big Pine.  Half of the vendors weren’t there yet which was disappointing.  We ended up buying more books which we surely didn’t need.  On the way back home we stopped at the Sugarloaf Bakery and bought some of their wonderful cookies.  Got talking to the owner, Annie.  Wondered what happened to her German shepherd, Daisy, since we hadn’t seen her in her yard.  She’s getting old, she said.  Doesn’t go out much any more.  Jeeze, it won’t be any fun to walk Johnson Road without seeing Daisy.  Left there and hit the craft fair at the Sugarloaf School.  Back to our park and stopped at Charlie and Johanne’s to see their site.  They have put up bamboo privacy fencing, a really nice screen room with a couch, couple of chairs, tables, rugs, and a TV.  Really gives them a lot of privacy.  They also built a little tiki bar and have lights strung everywhere.  They have a lot of plants around.  Very homey.  They brought a lot of this down with them.  Don’t know how they do it.  It’ll probably take them a week to pack up. Back to our site and sat outside reading for a while.  Headed down to Key West at around 4:00.  We were going to stop at the Doubletree Resort to see a model train exhibit before we headed to the Holiday Parade on Duval; we thought it was on Roosevelt but we should have turned left instead of right where Hwy 1 meets Roosevelt.  So, we just went into old town, parked the truck near The Galleon where Sandy and Dan are staying and walked up Duval to find a place to sit inside and watch the parade.  We ended up a Willie T’s, right next to Walgreens which is the old Strand Theater.  Sandy and Dan showed up just before the parade started.  It was much longer than I thought with several floats and lots of vintage cars.  Left there and walked back to The Galleon, which is really nice.  Their suite looks out over the marina.  Perfect location at the end of 

Front Street

.  Sat out on their balcony for a while and then played one game of Spades.  We were all pretty tired.

Holiday Parade--Duval St., Key West

One of the floats--Holiday Parade, Duval St., Key West

Parade Watchers, Sandy & Dan