Sat, Feb 17, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  We’ve had some really nice weather lately.  Taking advantage of that, we’ve been dining alfresco a lot.  Went to the dentist yesterday and after that stopped at the sandal shop on Stock Island.   Didn’t buy anything.  Today we went to Boondocks for lunch and then were going to stop at the flea market, but ended up coming back to our park.  Sat outside reading for a while.  Dog sat for our neighbor’s two adorable dogs for an hour or so.  Low 80s today.

Check out this beautiful sunrise taken by our neighbor, Larry.  Somewhere around Shark Key.

Wed, Feb 14, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Another beautiful, sunny, but really windy day today.  Didn’t even want to sit outside to read.  Got on the computer to take care of some banking and balance a couple of credit card accounts.  That’s usually a good way to ruin my good mood.  Nowhere special for Valentine’s Day dinner this year.  We’ll just do a late lunch at Kiki’s or something.  Low 80s today.  It rained off and on during the night.  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Tue, Feb 13, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Groceries and nails today.  Back home and sat outside for a while reading.  Left-over pork roast for dinner tonight.  Then watched the Olympics.  A quiet day.  Low 80s again today!  Yes!

Mon, Feb 12, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Up early and got the laundry taken care of.  After I finished I joined Mike at donuts.  I went back and Mike stayed and played shoes.  Another windy day.  I had to put the awnings in.  We’re actually going to Mangrove Mama’s for happy hour tonight.  The first time since we’ve been here.  Low 80s again with a stiff breeze. 

Look at my desert rose!  After the hurricane, Carolyn, in the site across from us tore out the planters in our site and confiscated the desert rose plant.  And she has made it beautiful!

And look at all the buds ready to open!

Sun, Feb 11, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Another beautiful day today.  After lunch we dusted off the bikes and went out for a ride.  Really windy which made it a hard slog going into the wind.  But it was fun and good exercise.  We biked down the closed road to the burned out bridge and back.  Last night Dale and Carolyn invited us over for an impromptu happy hour.  There were 7 of us.  A fun night.  Low 80s today.  Perfect!

Pictures from the deck christening and flag raising...

(pictures by Sandy Bush)

Flag Raising

Carolyn popping the cork on the champagne.

Thu, Feb 8, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Rained a little bit this morning but then the clouds cleared away to reveal a beautiful blue sky.  We walked over to Linda’s site at around noon to celebrate the completion of her deck and the raising of her flags.  She has a flag pole with the Conch Republic flag and the Stars and Stripes.  Champagne was served even.  Later in the afternoon I walked over to Char and Jerry’s to invite them over for a drink or two.  Not home.  Walked over to Carolyn and Dale’s, but they weren’t there either.  Guess a jokers game ensued after the flag raising.  We had left by then.  I was looking forward to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics tonight, but it’s not until tomorrow, even though there are some events tonight. Low 80s again today.  

Sunshine Key

Peli sunning himself.

Wed, Feb 7, Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Another nice day today, so we headed to Key West.  Parked at the Margaritaville parking garage and walked over to Blue Fish Red Fish for lunch.  We both had toasted BLT and shrimp sandwiches.  After stuffing ourselves we walked up to Kino’s so I could look at some sandals.  Didn’t find anything I liked so we wandered around the waterfront for a while.  The water around Key West harbor is always so beautiful—a pretty aquamarine blue.  There was a huge yacht “on the hook” out a ways and another catamaran sailboat in the marina.  The owner of the catamaran was outside washing it and said he hadn’t been in a marina for at least a week.  There were three large solar panels on the back and also a wind power thingy.  Says he can power just about anything.  Back to the park and on the way picked up a shrimp platter for the pot luck tonight.  The theme is Mardi Gras and the sponsors even decorated all the tables with beads, etc.  The food was great.  82 today and windy.

Lunch at Red Fish Blue Fish

Yacht "on the hook" out in the harbor.