Fri, Dec 28:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Walked the trash over to the dumpster this morning and then came back and told Mike I’m going to walk around the lake and did he want to go.  No, he said.  So I walked around the lake and then we sat outside for a while reading and watching Dale and Carolyn washing their fifth wheel and truck.  Took off for Big Pine to run some errands and then stopped at Mangrove Mama’s for lunch.  When we got back Dale wandered over with a glass of wine and was soon joined by Carolyn.  Sat around talking with them for a while and after they left we came inside and got ready for a bowl game between Syracuse and W. Virginia.  Going to have chips and dip while watching the game.  Hope it’s a good game.  Alabama is playing Oklahoma tomorrow.  There’s two couples here in the park from Alabama.  I was talking with them and told them I didn’t think anyone could beat Alabama.  But we’ll see.  82 today and the wind isn’t as bad.  Maybe tomorrow we can put our awnings back out and the frothy little things won’t be blown into our site. 

Lazy Lakes

Thu, Dec 27:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A nice day today, but really windy.  We walked the trash over to the dumpster and ran into Sandy Bush and her husband, John.  John and two other guys in here are going to bike to Hurricane Hole on Stock Island—only about 14 miles, but it’s all on Hwy. 1.  Not a good idea.  Very dangerous.  Their wives are going to Hurricane Hole to enjoy some cocktails and wait for them to get there.  We went into Key West to get a new pot for our fake plant and on the way back stopped at the Hurricane Hole to maybe have a drink with the girls.  But no place to park, so we continued on home.  Ran into the guys on their trek.  Hope they made it okay.  Dale and Carolyn stopped over for wine last night.  And this afternoon they came by on their way to Jerry and Char’s.  Told us to come on over with them.  So we all went over and made them come out and play.  82 in here today.

Big motor home next to us.

Dale and Carolyn on their way over to Jerry & Char's.

These big frothy tumble weed kind of things keep blowing into our site from the lake.  I gave up trying to blow them off.

Wed, Dec 26:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Our dinner yesterday at the Double Tree was a great success!  Hopefully we’ll do that every year.  We got there early and sat at the bar outside enjoying a cocktail and others started showing up.  After the dinner we gathered at the clubhouse and chatted for a while.  Today it’s windy out there.  The weather report said today would be “breezy” and tomorrow would be downright “windy.”  Our plant blew off the table outside and the container broke.  So, we have to get another.  Dale and Carolyn showed up around 1:00 in the site sort of across from us.  They left Traverse City, MI, Christmas Eve, and got here at 1:00!  Said they just kept driving because the highways were empty.  We could never drive long days like that.  Anyway, they’re here safe and sound.  Must be upper 70s out there, but doesn’t feel like it because of the wind. 

The group at the Double Tree.
Pictures by Sandy Bush.

Tue, Dec 25:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Merry Christmas!  And it’s a beautiful day!  We’re all heading to the Double Tree Hotel for their Christmas brunch at 1:00.  Sandy and John stopped by with cookies.  I didn’t do anything this year.  Maybe next week.  Supposed to hit the upper 70s today. 

Mon, Dec 24:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Did the laundry first thing this morning.  Laundry facility is pretty busy right now.  There’s a lot more people in here because of the holidays. Didn’t do much after that except set up our spreadsheets for 2019 and some other computer chores.  Had to put our awnings up since it was a little too windy. Probably low- to mid-70s out there with a pretty good breeze.

There was a beautiful moon last night reflected in the lake.  Not a very good picture of it however.

Sun, Dec 23:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Up early this morning, showered, dressed and told Mike we should do the grocery shopping today and get it over with.  Bribed him with a breakfast at Mangrove Mama’s if he would get going.  Then I looked at the clock and realized it wasn’t even 9:00 yet.  Poor Mike—a morning person he is not. But, we had a decent breakfast and headed to Big Pine to do the deed.  A lot of people in there, of course, since it’s only a couple of days until Christmas.  Got it done as quickly as possible and then back home.  Cool and breezy today.  Came back, put stuff away and Mike emptied the tanks and rinsed them out and I did the cleaning.  Too cool to sit outside, so we watched a couple episodes of the Johnny Carson show.  I bought the series a couple of years ago.  Good stuff—especially the episodes with Robin Williams.  We just got another new neighbor.  A lot of people are coming in right now.  Filling up quickly.  I can’t believe there are people out there in tank tops and shorts!  Maybe 70 out there—maybe.

Moon rise.

Nice yacht.

Sat, Dec 22:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Ended up going over to the clubhouse to play Jokers yesterday afternoon.  Mike not interested, but I went.  It was still terribly windy yesterday and Johnson Road was flooded and it was coming into the park.  Since then it has gone down.  Nice and calm today but cool.  I didn’t go out at all today.  Stayed in and read and watched two more episodes of “Shameless.”  The group going over to the Double Tree for Christmas dinner has increased to 22.  But I think it’s still growing.  We’ll be taking over the restaurant. Will be fun.

Love these pretty flowers. They look like orchids,but they're a vine-like plant.