Fri, Dec 11, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  I had a hard time sleeping last night because of the events after the ballet. But I was glad in a way because there was a lot of lightning way off in the Atlantic somewhere and it was creating quite a light show. I hate electrical storms, but there was no thunder at all, and the lightning backlit the clouds and reflected off the lake in pretty shades of pink. Plus, there was a multitude of stars overhead. All in all a pretty spectacular show. Got up at 7:00 (early for me) because I wanted to get the insurance thing out of the way. A beautiful morning—sunny with a few clouds and a slight breeze. We are expecting a run of really nice weather—high 70s and low 80s with lots of sun. Took our bikes up to Big Pine to get them tuned up and I need a new bike seat—so we’ll be ready to do some biking. Mangrove Mama’s tonight for dinner and drinks—lots of drinks. Upper 70s today and SUNNY.

Love the exotic flora down here.

Another CF!

Thu, Dec 10, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  This morning dawned cloudy, but warm with a slight breeze. Decided to go into Key West to see “Spectre” at the Tropic Cinema. While I was checking movie times, I noticed that they were showing a production of “The Nutcracker” ballet by the New York City Ballet, choreography by George Balanchine. It was only going to be shown this one night and I really wanted to go. So we did both. Saw “Spectre” at the Tropic, which wasn’t that great and way too long, then walked over to Charlie Mac’s and had some dinner. Drove to new town Key West and then saw the ballet. A beautiful production. It was after the ballet that things went to hell. Cars were parked all over the place in the lot adjacent to the theater and our truck is so big. Anyway, we came too close to a car behind us and in trying to maneuver the truck around we scraped the bumper of his car and did quite a bit of damage to our new truck. The passenger side rear quarter panel and the passenger side rear door took most of it. Their car didn’t have that much damage. But both were drivable. We had to wait an hour and a half for them to get out of their movie. Then we exchanged insurance data and we went our separate ways. Needless to say, Mike is not a happy camper.