Cody

Sugarloaf Key: Cool and sunny today. And very windy. I baked chocolate chip cookies. Gave some to Chuck in the office and Debbie and Craig across from us. I ate way too much cookie dough. Would rather eat that than the cookies. Then Mike brought over Cody, the campground manager’s new husky puppy. He is so cute! Took the puppy back to the clubhouse and hung out for a while. Other than that, stayed inside most of the day.

Private residence near southernmost point

Sugarloaf Key: Very cool and windy this morning. Rained early. I backed up stuff on the computer and we just hung out in the morning. Then went to a movie in the afternoon—“Vantage Point”. Pretty good movie. Back home and stayed in. Still really windy

Chess Set; Little Palm Island

Sugarloaf Key: A really warm and humid day. I sat outside for a while reading my book, which I can’t seem to put down, and the heat and humidity sent me inside to the air conditioning. Decided to get on the computer for a while, and then we lost our power. Mike checked the breaker, but power was out everywhere. Didn’t last long tho and it was back on. Going to Cabot’s on the Water tonight for dinner and watch the sun set. Should be a beautiful, warm night.

Water spout close to campground

Truman Annex; Key West

Sugarloaf Key: Usual Monday routine. Cleaned. Mike played shoes. I sat outside and read for a while. Really warm—80s. Saw a water spout around 5:30 not far from the campground. Yikes!

Sun, 2/24/08

Sugarloaf Key: Had breakfast at Sugarloaf Lodge this morning. Another very warm day. Just wanted to hang out and read. But we got invited to play jokers. Jokers and spaghetti. We said yes, but my heart isn’t in it. We’re going to meet at the clubhouse at 4:00. Should be fun though.

The pretty little lagoon Mike found...

The little lake (actually not so little--maybe 10 acres)

(actually it used to be a quarry--probably to make US #1)

The old road bike path

Sat, 2/23/08

Sugarloaf Key: A really warm day. Since we had only a short bike ride yesterday, and the bikes were still on the truck, we decided to go out again today. So we drove the short distance to Sugarloaf Drive and parked the truck. Rode on the bike path through the residential area and then down to the old road. Stopped at the bridge over the canal and watched some 20-somethings diving off the bridge and swimming in the canal. Looked very inviting. Rode the bides to the little lake. Mike took the shorter, dirt road and I took the longer paved road. Met at the lake but didn’t stay long since there were a bunch of 20-somethings hanging out with their radio blaring. But Mike found a beautiful little lagoon just off the dirt road so we rode over there. We sat there and had a bite to eat and I dangled my feet in the water. It felt so good. Wished I’d had my water shoes on so I could have gone swimming. Rode back to the truck and then back home. Shower felt good. Sat outside and read my book the rest of the afternoon. We’ve had the warmest winter down here this winter. It’s been great. 84 here today.

Key Deer along Long Beach Road

(her back came up to about my thigh)

Sugarloaf Key: A nice, warm day. We put the bikes on the truck and drove over to Big Pine Key and biked Long Beach Road. Wasn’t a very long ride—only about 5 miles round trip. Saw several key deer. We stopped at a campground on that road where our Canadian friends’ parents stay and visited with them for a while. They stay down here about 5 months in a modified van with no hook-ups. Don’t know how they do it. But they love it. There was a key deer right in their site. Came back and read outside for a while. Debbie and Craig, the couple across from us in the motor home, invited us over for a couple of movies. They had their big screen TV outside.