Sun, Dec 16:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Well, our maintenance guy, Mike, finally fixed the TV situation.  He strung new coax cable from the dish to our post.  Now we have TV that won’t go off line at a moment’s notice.  This morning dawned grey and cloudy but cleared into a spectacular day.  The lake is like a mirror and there’s just enough breeze to keep the no-see-ums at bay.  Another of our friends showed up yesterday—Greg and Carol.  They live in NY near the Canadian border.  We stopped by their site briefly and left them to finish setting up.  This afternoon we put the lights on our palm tree and found a spot for our lighted wine bottle.  They’re set up on a timer and are supposed to go on at 4:00 and off at 11:00.  We’ll see.  Upper 70s today, maybe low 80s.  Rams are playing the Eagles tonight, so we’ll be watching.

A couple of iguanas out sunning.

Found a spot for our lighted wine bottle.

Sat, Dec 15:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Well the front finally came through with wind and rain.  Cooled off considerably.  But right now it’s calm with no rain in sight.  We’re trying to decide whether or not to venture into Key West.  We thought maybe a movie.  Or just roam around and have a bite to eat.  But it is the weekend and usually a lot busier.  At any rate, that’s on hold because our maintenance guy, Mike, is here because we’re still having problems with our TVs.  They have Direct TV here.  I would never get a dish.  Every time there’s clouds, wind, or rain it goes off the air.  Our problem is something else.  He’s out there adjusting the dish right now.  And he’ll be coming in to fiddle with the TVs.  So, we’ll just stay put and play spades, read, or watch a DVD.  It’s probably somewhere in the 70s out there right now.

Beautiful morning this morning--all the clouds reflected in the lake.

Fri, Dec 14:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  Watched a couple more episodes of the “Shameless” series and then put the Netflix CD in the outgoing mail at the office on our way to lunch at Tiki’s Sandbar.  Back to our park and sat outside enjoying this beautiful day and reading our books.  Invited Char and Jerry over for some wine and conversation.  They’re going to Looe Key Tiki Bar tonight.  Haywire is playing.  We’re staying in and behaving ourselves.  Boring, I know.  82 today with a nice breeze.

Key West all decorated up for Christmas.

Thu, Dec 13:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  It was a pretty nice day—at least part of the day.  It started raining when we left, but by the time we got to Ramrod Key there was no rain.  We stopped at Boondocks for some lunch and then I went to see Douglas and got my hair cut.  Back home and we watched two episodes of Shameless on Netflix which showed up yesterday in the mail.  I miss streaming.  Anyway, it probably hit 80 today briefly.  Supposed to cool down again though. 

Roatan, Honduras

I asked the owner of this restaurant where we had lunch if this parrot's wings were clipped.  He said no, but she's old and won't fly any more.  I know the feeling.

Wed, Dec 12:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  I ventured out to do the grocery shopping this morning.  Everyone was so bundled up.  I had on crop pants and a sweater. Actually it was colder in the store.  Anyway, didn’t go out after that.  Just stayed in and did some cleaning.  That’s always fun.  Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer.  We can only hope.  I think it hit 71 today.

A pretty nice evening tonight.

Tue, Dec 11:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:   Really chilly this morning—and really windy.  We didn’t even bother putting our awnings out because they’d just flop around.  Our maintenance guy, Mike, stopped by to hook up our cable boxes to our TVs.  We have Direct TV here which requires a box.  Other RV parks you just connect your coax cable to the power box and that’s it.  Here it’s always a problem.  Anyway, we’re now connected.  We just hung around inside today catching up with e-mail and banking.  It’s supposed to warm up in the next few days.  Only 66 here, but windy.  Pasta for dinner tonight.

Sunset in Costa Rica.

Mon, Dec 10:  Lazy Lakes RV Park, Sugarloaf Key, FL:  We got on the road about 9:00 this morning and arrived here at noon and were set up about 1:30.  Everything went very smoothly.  A bunch of our friends stopped by to say hello.  And tonight is happy hour at Mangrove Mama’s, so we’ll probably go over for a couple of drinks and some dinner.  Now all we have to do is hook up our cable.  We have to connect a box here at this park.  After we accomplish that we’ll be ready for a couple of drinks.  74 when we got down here and windy.  It’s supposed to warm up quickly.  We need to kick back for a couple of days. 

We used to have an unobstructed view of the lake out our back window.  But the buttonwoods have grown like crazy since the hurricane.  Mike will probably trim them back some.