Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  What a beautiful day!  Sunny with a deep blue, cloudless sky.  We walked around the lake and were gratified to see the water just about as pristine as when we first started coming here in 2005.  So I guess the two aerators they installed last year are doing their job.  Ran into John and Sandy on the way around.  Stopped at the office and dropped off our Netflix movie in the outgoing mail.  Back to our site and sat around outside enjoying the sun and relative warmth.  Ray and Carol stopped by to say hello.  Headed to the Tropic Cinema in Key West to see “Fair Game”—true story about Valerie Plume Wilson who was a covert CIA operative that was outed by someone in the Bush administration (Carl Rove?) as payback for her husband telling the truth about WMD.  After the show we walked down to the marina by the Westin where the cruise ships dock.  There were two in there when we were walking to the show.  They were carting the passengers back to the ship on the trolleys and conch trains.  Very rowdy group they were too.  The cruise ships had both left.  And no yachts in there yet.  Sat on a bench and watched the goings on for a while and then walked back through the Truman Annex to our truck.  Stopped at Walgreens on the way back and bought some lights for our palm.  Back to Lazy Lakes and talked with Craig for a while.  Then put on our new lights.  Looks pretty good.  73 today.

The iconic statue of Marilyn Monroe outside the Tropic

Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Yesterday was cool but sunny.  Today was just plain nasty.  Cold, blustery, and rainy.  Went out once and my umbrella just about turned inside out.  Talked about going in to Key West to a show but decided not to.  Glad we didn’t because it was just a miserable day.  Mike walked over to the office to get our mail.  Our Netflix movie was there—“Rendition”.  Good movie about a guy thought to be a terrorist illegally arrested and tortured.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a little warmer.  We can only hope.

Big Pine Channel

Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A beautiful, sunny day.  But chilly again.  We stayed in most of the day.  Just about finished my latest book.  Watched some stuff we had taped.  Just relaxed and hung out.  I guess Sandy and Dan left.  Talked to Sandy this morning and they were planning to head home.  61 today.  Brrrr.

San Carlos Theater, Duval St., Key West

Tue., 12/7/10:


Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Today was mostly cloudy and chilly.  We decided to go to the Tropic Cine and see “Last Three Days” with Russell Crowe.  Pretty good.  After the movie we walked down Whitehead to see if the Key West Speedway was still there.  And it was.  Called Sandy and Dan.  Met Sandy at Duval and Green Sts. And we walked over to the knitting shop.  Browsed around there for a while.  Then we walked back to the Galleon.  They have a problem at home and may have to leave early (sigh).  Weather sucks anyway.  We walked over to the Two Friends Patio Restaurant and had dinner.  Then walked back to the Galleon and we played Spades.  

Anchor from the Atocha, the Spanish Galleon that sank in 1622

The Galleon, Key West

Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  I slept in this morning.  Didn’t get up until 9:30.  Took my shower and made my smoothie and got on the computer for a while.  Sunny this morning, but breezy and cool.  As the day wore on though, it only got worse.  The wind picked up and it was pretty nasty.  Sandy called around 1:00 and we decided to not get together today.  Too nasty to go anywhere and neither Mike or Dan felt too swift.  We watched a Netflix movie, “PU-239” which was pretty good.  Not many people out and about today.  Tomorrow is supposed to be cooler.  Not sure about the wind.  Low 60s today. 

Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Pretty nice today.  Mid-70s.  Drove over to Key West to join Sandy and Dan at the Galleon.  They had walked all over the place and were pretty tired.  We just hung out, sat on the balcony and people watched for a while.  Then around 4:30 we walked over to Mangia Mangia, an Italian restaurant on Southard, and had a wonderful dinner.  Walked back along the historic seaport and schooner wharf.  Still pretty warm.  Played one game of Spades and then we headed home.  Everyone was pretty tired.  Supposed to be pretty cool the rest of the week.

Sat, 12/4/10:

Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  A little warmer this morning.  Up sort of early and after our showers we headed to the Galley Grill for breakfast.  I had Blackstone eggs Benedict and Mike had scrapple and eggs.  With a really good breakfast in us we headed for the flea market on Big Pine.  Half of the vendors weren’t there yet which was disappointing.  We ended up buying more books which we surely didn’t need.  On the way back home we stopped at the Sugarloaf Bakery and bought some of their wonderful cookies.  Got talking to the owner, Annie.  Wondered what happened to her German shepherd, Daisy, since we hadn’t seen her in her yard.  She’s getting old, she said.  Doesn’t go out much any more.  Jeeze, it won’t be any fun to walk Johnson Road without seeing Daisy.  Left there and hit the craft fair at the Sugarloaf School.  Back to our park and stopped at Charlie and Johanne’s to see their site.  They have put up bamboo privacy fencing, a really nice screen room with a couch, couple of chairs, tables, rugs, and a TV.  Really gives them a lot of privacy.  They also built a little tiki bar and have lights strung everywhere.  They have a lot of plants around.  Very homey.  They brought a lot of this down with them.  Don’t know how they do it.  It’ll probably take them a week to pack up. Back to our site and sat outside reading for a while.  Headed down to Key West at around 4:00.  We were going to stop at the Doubletree Resort to see a model train exhibit before we headed to the Holiday Parade on Duval; we thought it was on Roosevelt but we should have turned left instead of right where Hwy 1 meets Roosevelt.  So, we just went into old town, parked the truck near The Galleon where Sandy and Dan are staying and walked up Duval to find a place to sit inside and watch the parade.  We ended up a Willie T’s, right next to Walgreens which is the old Strand Theater.  Sandy and Dan showed up just before the parade started.  It was much longer than I thought with several floats and lots of vintage cars.  Left there and walked back to The Galleon, which is really nice.  Their suite looks out over the marina.  Perfect location at the end of 

Front Street

.  Sat out on their balcony for a while and then played one game of Spades.  We were all pretty tired.

Holiday Parade--Duval St., Key West

One of the floats--Holiday Parade, Duval St., Key West

Parade Watchers, Sandy & Dan