Blogs from Keys, Florida, United States, North America - page 6

The first one up was me, as always. But I let everyone else sleep in. No agenda today. Well we did have one, but it was changed. I had booked a cruise to Dry Tortugas National Park several weeks ago for today. But the ferry group called me on Wednesday and told me that they were expecting rough weather on Friday and was giving people the opportunity to switch to Saturday to make it more enjoyable. I was skeptical at first for I had already checked the weather, but visions and memories of Donald heaving over the side of the boat of a snorkeling cruise we took about several years ago, swayed me to agree to change our plans. So, with a free day, I looked for free things to do in Key West. The Dry ... read more

Gosh, hasn't it been a while! So you will all be pleased to know that the lovely Disney Wonder is on it's way to Alaska! Starting off with a 15 day Panama crossing. This cruise is legendary for its guests, or the lack of them more like! An absolute relief from the chaos of the Miami lot! This time we won't be screamed at by an all Spanish family, demanding as to why we don't speak Spanish! Sometimes, me can do without! The kind of people that do this crossing seem to be hard core cruisers and all come aboard with the platinum member lanyards, all boasting about their last epic cruise when they did the trans-Atlantic crossing and lasted a whole 15 days with mot days being at sea and so on. All very hawhawhawish! ... read more

3/12/2014 - Shelby and Jack had to be at the dock at 07:30am for the fishing trip this morning. Aleta and Barbara went to Sandals shopping. Prices were NOT good. Shelby T and Jack really provided the best best fish available for their wives - - $100.00 per pound. Had about 5 pounds for the fish fry. The weather really did not cooperate for the fishing trip today. Waves so high we could not go to the Atlantic side, so the captain took us to the Gulf side and we went to three "rock" piles where he normally catches fish. We did catch yellow tail snapper, grey snapper, grouper, and sharks, sharks, sharks. Grouper we small and out of season. Shelby fried the fish for supper. While relaxing on the deck, a lizard/iguana about 18 inches ... read more

3/10/2014 - Today Aleta and Shelby T have been married for 44 years!!! Aleta received 44 red roses, delivered to the site, and Shelby T received 44 lottery tickets :-). Rode down to the old part of Key West. Hard to find parking, but parked in a pay lot to the tune of $16.00 for four hours. We went to the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum, the is a great visiting place, very interesting story, and very very valuable treasure on display here. Walked all the way down Whitehead Street past Ernst Hemmingway's house to the southernmost point in the continental US. This is marked with a buoy marker, then we moved over to Duval Street and walked back to the parking lot. This was 1 1/4 mile each way. Jack and Barbara treated us to ice ... read more

3/8/2014 - OK, headed to our far south point - Key West. Actually staying at Bluewater Key RV Resort on Saddlebunch Key. This is about 10 miles from Key West itself. We pre-paid for this site some many months back. We are on site #3, the sites had a private tiki hut, a dock, and we lucked up on a canal site. Site and park are amazing. If going to the bottom keys and don't mind a little pricey definitely stay here. Make reservations very far in advance. We will be here for 7 days. The Resort is gated. Once we got setup, we drove back up to Marathon Key for the Marathon Seafood Festival. A lot of food, vendors, and music. We asked around about a seafood restaurant with good shimp and was directed to ... read more