Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Headed to Key West to take care of the laundry this morning.  Went to the one on Flagler this time.  While the clothes were in the dryer I walked around the cute little residential area just off Flagler.  Came back, folded the clothes and headed home.  Put everything away, had some lunch and then relaxed outside reading for a while.  Then a commotion erupted next door when our 95-year-old neighbor’s cockatiel (Jo-Jo) flew off her shoulder and into the lake!  I went over and tried to help.  Then Mike came out and tried to help.  Even Richard, our other neighbor, came out to see what the commotion was all about.  Ted from across the lake came over and said Jo-Jo was in the mangroves. But on a branch too far for us to reach.  So, Ted went back and put his boat in the water and paddled over and finally plucked him out of the mangroves.  He bit the hell out of poor Ted who was screaming and at one point threw him back in the mangroves.  We got a towel out to him to stop the bleeding and Ted kept prodding him with the oar until he finally made it back to shore and onto Carmen’s shoulder.  Just another day in Crazy Lakes. We’re going to the Red Barn Theater tonight to see “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”—about some crazy, dysfunctional family.  The Red Barn Theater is even smaller than the Waterfront Theater and is the former carriage house of the historic Captain Martin Hellings house (circa 1892).  This historic home is now the headquarters of the Key West Woman’s Club. We’ll have dinner at the Hard Rock Café, which is right next door to the theater.  It’s a touristy place, but they have good food and after dinner we can just stumble next door to the theater.  This will be our first time at the Red Barn.  We’re both looking forward to it.  Going down to Key West early because I want to get a Superman tee shirt for Ted, the rescuer of Jo-Jo.

Captain Martin Hellings home.
(Circa 1892)

Former carriage house of this historic home--now the Red Barn Theater.