Sun, Dec 14:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL: Another sunny but cool day today.  We did pretty much nothing.  Mike not feeling great.  I only went outside once. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. Kicking back and doing nothing is allowed.

Love all the flowering flora down here.

Sat, Dec 13:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Really sunny today, but really cool and windy.  Undaunted, we walked around the lake and froze.  Stopped at the office to check our mail, but it was locked.  So, our Netflix will have to wait until Monday.  Sandy and John invited us over for a fish dinner at their site.  A bunch of people showed up and everyone brought something.  A great meal and a chance to socialize. 

Doors of Key West.

Fri, Dec 12:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A cool but mostly sunny day today.  After our morning ablutions and some breakfast we headed to Big Pine to drop off the bikes for some work and then run some other errands.  While waiting for the bikes we went to the Galley Grill for some lunch.  Picked the bikes up and drove back home through the various construction going on.  Didn’t feel as warm as yesterday.  Sat outside reading for a while, but the chill drove me in.  71 today and breezy.

The beach at Ft. Zach.  Not today for sure.

Thu, Dec 11:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A beautiful and sunny day today.  But still cool.  So we headed to Key West to see “The Theory of Everything” at the Tropic Cinema.  A great movie and the British guy that played Stephen Hawking will probably get an Academy Award.  He should get one anyway.  After the movie we walked around Key West a little.  Felt so good to be outside walking around enjoying this spring-like day with the wonderful fragrances wafting in from the sea.  72 today as we were driving home.

Catamaran sailing by a cruise ship.

Hen with her brood of 7.

This poor gull had fishing line hanging off him.  Doesn't seem to bother him, but I wish fisher people would be more careful about their fishing line.

Wed, Dec 10:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Finished setting up this morning and then went on a grocery run.  Picked up a pie for the dinner at the clubhouse tonight and then had lunch at Pizza Works.  Bought some rope lights to put around our site.  Back home and put everything away and then set up the lights.  Really disappointed because the bike paths going towards Key West are stalled for some reason.  They’re still working on the new sewer pipes going in along Hwy 1 and Summerland and Ramrod Keys are torn up somewhat.  Thought they’d be done by this time, but this is the Keys.  Off to the dinner tonight to catch up with our snow bird friends.  Cool and breezy today.  High of 67. 

Tue, Dec 9:  Pine Island Park, Homestead, FL, to Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Stopped over at Esther and Gerald’s in the morning for coffee.  Said our good-byes and were on our way by 10:00.  As we worked our way down the Keys the weather was looking worse and worse.  When we got here it was 70, windy, and cold.  Had a terrible time backing into our site.  But we finally made it with some help from a couple of our neighbors. We provided some entertainment again this year. Finally got set up and I made myself a cocktail or two.  We were both so tired.  Made pasta for dinner and invited our neighbor, Carmen (95 years old!) over.  She didn’t stay long and we were in bed early.  Tomorrow it’s only supposed to be in the 60s!  Ugh!

Our spot in the overflow area.
(Picture by Esther)

Sunset over the flats.  Sugarloaf Key.

Mon, Dec 8:  KOA, Naples, FL, to Pine Island Park, Homestead, FL:  A pretty easy drive today.  We continued on I75 south over Alligator Alley and then took Rt. 27 which dumped us on the Florida Turnpike.  Got directions from Gerald once we were on the Turnpike and we were there in no time.  This is a really nice park with lots of grass and really nice trees and other foliage. They have an overflow section where we stayed for one night which worked out perfectly, since it was across the street from Esther and Gerald’s place.  And their place is great!  It’s like a park model, but better.  They have a really nice tree in their front yard and several other nice ones on their property.  And they have a huge screened-in lanai in front.  I really fell in love with it.  They were so smart to buy it.  And Foxy, their Pomeranian, is more adorable than ever.  We had a great time with them.  Stumbled home around 11:00.

Esther, Gerald, and Foxy two years ago.

Esther, Gerald, Mike and me on a bike outing.