Artist paining on Newton Street

Sugarloaf Key: Started out warm this morning. Esther and Gerald, our Canadian friends, headed out with their motorhome towards the Everglades. Then one front after another came through with gusty winds and pouring rain. We were forced to stay inside. Played on the computer, watched TV and read. Steaks, southwest style mashed potatoes and southwest style corn for dinner. Supposed to go down into the 50s tonight.

Key West Cemetery

Little cottage across from cemetery

Most of these little cottages back in the 30s were not painted

Little Cottage on Newton Street

Old Town Key West

Sugarloaf Key: Went to the Galley Grill for breakfast this morning. Then on to the flea market on Big Pine. While we were there we heard there was going to be a reggae band playing at our park this afternoon. We hadn’t heard anything. Came back and sat outside reading for a while. An absolutely fantastic day. Upper 70s and lots of sun. Walked over to say good bye to the Canadians, Gerald and Esther, and sure enough there was a band playing, plus food and drink. We had planned on going to Geiger Key for dinner, so that’s what we did. Geiger Key Marina is a nice place on the Atlantic with good food. After dinner we drove down to Boca Chica beach and walked around for a while. The F-18s were doing touch and gos from the runway that goes right over the beach, but they had finished by the time we got there. Back home and the party was still going on so we walked back over and had a drink. The guys started playing shoes so I listened to the music for a while and then came back to get some computer stuff done. A beautiful day, but supposed to cool down again.

Sarabeth's Rest.

Sugarloaf Key: A beautiful day. Hit the upper 70s. We drove into Key West and did the laundry. Then we went to Sarabeth’s for lunch. Great lunch, but really pricey. Drove back and on the way drove out to Geiger Key. There’s a marina restaurant there that’s supposed to have great food. Found it and will check it out later. Put everything away and relaxed the rest of the day.

Thu, 2/26/09

Sugarloaf Key: A lazy day today. Warm, but with a cool wind. We ended up going to Big Pine Key to pick up a few groceries and after that stopped at Pizza Works for a late lunch. Ralph and Sharon from our park came in right after us, so they joined us. They leave Monday and we leave the Monday after that. Came home and relaxed the rest of the day.

Daisy

Cute little Waterfront Playhouse

Mallory Square

Wed, 2/25/09

Sugarloaf Key: Went for a walk this morning and gave Daisy her treat. She still barks at me but when I walk up to the fence she cowers. She’s really a big baby. On the way back stopped at Charlie and JoAnn’s site and talked with them for a while. Later in the afternoon Mike and I drove to Key West to see the play “Bitch Slap”—a funny play about the contentious relationship between Joan Crawford and Betty Davis. The two were played by a couple of Key West’s best “female impersonators”. The Waterfront Playhouse was originally an old ice house and was converted to a theater in 1960. It’s a cute little place. Before the show we had dinner at a Cuban restaurant, El Meson de Pepe, right next door on Mallory Square. After dinner we walked around Mallory for a while.

Casa Sopadilla

Southard St.

Tue, 2/24/09

Sugarloaf Key: Had Stanley Steamer out this morning. They cleaned the carpet and some of the furniture. Also had them put on Scotch Guard treatment. After that we just hung out. Talked about going into Key West for dinner, but my stomach wasn’t feeling so great so we just relaxed and stayed here.

Cottage on Southard

Mon, 2/23/09

Sugarloaf Key: Mike went for donuts this morning and I went to Big Pine Key to get my hair cut and pick up a few groceries. Mike went over to play shoes at 1:00 and I hung out and did some cleaning. Happy hour at the KOA later on.