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After so many lovely balmy days Jan finally arrived in Key West. Tue we awoke to fog so thick that water and sky seemed to be one.  It burned off by mid-morning w/ temps in mid 70’s then engulfed us again around 5:00 with wind picking up and mercury falling.  Tom did another one of his infamous “secure the awning in driving rain” scenarios with an assist from Duncan.  Since then the water has not been serene nor have the trees been rustling—it’s choppy water and whooshing wind through the trees and low 60’s!  HELLO January!  It still beats sitting at home freezing our tootsies (among other things) off. 

There is such beauty in every season at every place in this great country if you stop and look around you.  As the fog was rolling back in I looked up and eight albatrosses were diving and riding the thermals—disappearing into the fog—reappearing—becoming ghostlike—then full color—then POOF—up—disappearing—not even leaving a hole in the fog.  They performed an absolutely beautiful wing dance for us.  I so wanted an encore so I could applaud and blow kisses and toss roses (actually they probably would prefer fish heads) –but their exit was silent and final.  So-so-beautiful!

Life is good my loves.  Live it—love it—enjoy it—treasure it because it is so fleeting, as we all know.

More later y’all!

Tee

P.S. Thank you—thank you—thank you to you who have taken time to respond to our ramblings.  We love hearing from you!

Key West-2

Drove on down the Keys on the 4th as planned. The further south, the higher the temperature rose—Yea! Tom has already sent a picture of the view from our site so I can’t tell you how heartbroken we are to have to stay here for two weeks. Ha! Every day we sit outside and read and watch kayaks, wave runners, sailboats and assorted other vessels pass by as PELICANS, gulls and an occasional osprey soar above and dive in to fish or just float around for a bit. Mostly it’s just the serenity of the water and the rustle of the trees from gentle tropical breezes. Yesterday we encountered two iguanas sunning themselves. They were about 3 feet long and quite dragonian looking so we said hello, took a picture and moved on!

We rediscovered our sweet Cuban restaurant—snapper as good as ever—and dined al fresco for brunch at a lovely café we enjoyed so much on our last visit. We’ve driven around town, walked a little of Duval St., but mostly have just enjoyed “being” and the warmth. Our neighbors from home arrive tomorrow for a week so we’ll pick up the pace—or not.

Here’s another picture you will appreciate—reminds me of one of our rallies with our motorhome chapter (Carolina Pelicans)—just a bunch of Pelicans sitting around doing nothing except maybe dozing every now and then.

More later—Life is Good!

Tee & Tom

Happy New Year

Day 1 of the New Year—1/1/11—found us loading the last of our “stuff” into the rig and hitting the road by 11 am. Made our way down to The Oaks at Point South, SC where we picked up our friend Duncan for our trip to Key West.

Day 2—down I-95 to Daytona Beach. We had spatters of rain off & on but nothing serious and shirt sleeve weather all the way.

Day 3—Another good warm weather day and clear skies. We decided to take the Florida Turnpike instead of I-95 from Ft. Pierce to Florida City because of traffic but not sure it made much difference. Holiday traffic has pretty much cleared out but the roads were FULL Sat & Sun. Spent the night in Florida City at Southern Comfort sitting outside at 6:00 pm in our shirt sleeves. Love it!

Day 4—Down US-1 to Key West and Sigsbee RV Park where we’ll be dry camping for hopefully no more than 2 weeks and then into full hookups. Take a gander at the view out of our front windscreen! Mallory Square will come later. Hope y’all are staying warm—we are!!!

Tom & Tee & Duncan