Tue, Jan 19, Lazy Lakes RV
Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL: Our
attorney and his wife are in town. We met them at Azur for breakfast. Met them
at 11:00 and we ate and hung around talking until after 3:30. After we parted
company Mike and I went over to the Tropic to see if anything was playing
around 4:00. The movie, “Joy” started at 4:25, so we went to see that. Great
movie based on a true story I guess. After the movie we started walking back to
the Eco Center where the truck was parked. It didn’t seem as cold to me somehow
as we’re walking around, so I wanted to go over to McConnell’s Pub on Duval to
see Fiona and some of the other Lazy Lakes people. Picked up the truck and
found a place to park on Virginia which is only about 4 blocks from McConnell’s.
Got there, had something to eat and talked with Fiona a little while she was
setting up. Jerry will be accompanying her on the banjo, and there was also a
guy performing with her who plays the Irish drum. The place was really slammed.
We were lucky to even get a table. We had a blast. Well, I did. Not sure about
Mike. There were a bunch of people there from Venture Out with their “ugly
sticks”. These things are made out of a mop or broom handle cut to about 4
feet. An old rubber boot is attached to the bottom and a cymbal attached at the
very top. At other points along the length of the shaft, bottle caps, felt tins
and other noise makers are nailed into the shaft. They then stomp them on the
floor to the beat of the music and whack the cymbal and other noise makers with
a stick. There must have been 10 or more of them there last night. Mike is not
a fan of the “ugly sticks”. We left around 10:30 and trundled on home. Only in
the 60s today and windy.
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