We finally got the boat back in the water today. It has been on the trailer since Randy pulled it before the New Year because of the gale force winds. With Randy feeling better we can finally get back out on the water again.
Weebles Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down, Key West With Friends 12/27/2018
Spent too much time on Peter’s boat yesterday. This vertigo is so frustrating. Ever since my cochlear implant surgery I have balance issues and I have a lot of days when I feel like a Weeble that does fall down! Even our neighbor asked me this morning if I was alright as I was swaying–just standing still. I still was able to go for my morning walk but I felt like i was wandering quite a bit. Fortunately i am feeling better the more the day progresses.
Kids Heading Home and Snipe Point 12/18/2018
The kids had mid-morning flights home so we joined them in Key West so they could head to the Key West airport after breakfast. We had breakfast at Blue Heaven on Petronia street in the heart of old Key West. Blue Heaven also own owns Salute! On The Beach restaurant that we went to for dinner on Monday night. Everyone wanted a final dinner at the Square Grouper but they were closed on Sunday and Monday until after Christmas. Another excuse why they need to make another trip!
Birthday Celebration; Kids Cruising Into Key West 12/15/2018
The day started the same as most Saturdays for us in Venture Out and that is with a pancake breakfast. The Saturday pancake breakfasts are a fund raiser for the recrecation committee of VO. Randy likes going because I have stopped making pancakes because of the amount of sugar in the pancakes and in the syrup and I like the breakfast since I don’t have to cook.
Continue reading “Birthday Celebration; Kids Cruising Into Key West 12/15/2018”Sombrero Beach and Blue Hole 12/14/2018
It’s been a great week with the kids here. I have done nothing in our kitchen since they arrived. Travis has been making breakfast every day (Thank you Travis!), we normally have a quick lunch while we are out and dinner has been at a restaurant every night. The bad part of this is that i have not stuck to my diet at all while they have been here.
One Month 12/09/2018
It is a little more than two months since we retired, and one month since we left Westminster, and so far we are loving being in Florida for the winter. Its no wonder there are so many snowbirds. And we are definitely looking forward to additional travels next year. I do miss our friends and family from home, but the warm weather is keeping us busy so we don’t have a chance to think about it too much.
Tarpon Belly Key 12/04/2018
Another gorgeous day in the Keys, even if slightly overcast in the morning. There are several anoles living on or near the palm tree in our yard. This one stayed still long enough that I could get a quick picture. I believe this is a non-native brown anole but i need a better picture to confirm.
Continue reading “Tarpon Belly Key 12/04/2018”Summerland Key 12/03/2018
After our morning walk we took the boat over to Summerland Key to spend a couple of hours exploring. Summerland is between Ramrod Key and Cudjoe Key. We only saw a few homes that appear to still have damage from Irma. This Key has lots of canals with gorgeous homes and lots of large boats. It even has a small private airport.
Continue reading “Summerland Key 12/03/2018”Manatee came to visit 12/02/2018
it is still windy here and its a little rough out on the water so we are spending the day catching up on some chores while enjoying the sunshine. Randy washed the Jeep and the boat. While he was washing the boat, he had a visitor. I assume the manatee recogized the sound of running water so came over to investigate. This one got close enough i could have reached out and touched. I didn’t try but i did get a few nice pictures.
Continue reading “Manatee came to visit 12/02/2018”Exploring Cudjoe Bay 11/25/2018
- We explored parts of Cudjoe Bay in our boat this morning. We were fortunate to see two manatees right outside our canal. We made sure to give them plenty of room but we stopped to watch them for a few minutes. The one was at least 10′ but the second one was slightly smaller at about 8′. We are only in a 17′ boat so they looked very big in comparison. In the video link below you can see the manatee better than in the picture.