Nov 25 – Happy Thanks giving everyone! We have reached Key West, in the Florida Keys, the southernmost point of our journey. We left Maggie’s relative’s place and drove to Patrick AFB, on the coast by Melbourne. We needed to do some laundry, dump our holding tanks at their RV park and get some groceries before we headed out for the Keys. The drive was good with the exception of Miami traffic. It was pretty bad. We took a bypass route about 2 o’clock and it was still lots of stop and little go driving. We arrived at the campground after dark and could not check in for the night.
The next morning we checked in and got a spot right on the water at the end of a row. That meant we only had one neighbor and extra viewing space. It’s really something to look out the front window across the ocean and see small islands everywhere.
Last night we went to Mallory Square. Every evening they have a sunset celebration; kind of an excuse to get together and drink. They have lots of street artists entertaining the crowds with their talents. We saw jugglers, escape artists, unicycle jugglers, tumblers and several people sitting around singing and playing their guitars. Most of the acts were pretty good. One of the jugglers managed to get Gary to participate in one of his routines. Gary’s the one in the hat. There were three cruise ships in port that night so there were lots of people there. They also had those cut-out things you can stick your head into. I included a photo of Gary and Val as a Calypso couple.
Today we’re all going parasailing! Whoopee! Afterwards the campground is having a potluck Thanksgiving get together so we’ll be there stuffing our faces and meeting more people from all around the US.
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