(By Steve)
Today was a big day!! I did a blog entry and, in the words of that well known Jimmy Buffett song, had a "cheeseburger in paradise". Jimmy has (or at least has given his name to) a bar in Key West at which you can get one of the famous cheesburgers with lettuce and tomato and french fried potatoes. This has been an ambition of mine for a while, to come here to Key West on a sailboat as a cruiser and have one of these cheesburgers, it was very good, I might just have to have another one!!
Today felt like we are really getting into the cruising life, the weather was warm, the sun shone, we got the dingy out and went onto a tropical island (Key West is an island except for the bridge that they built to the other islands or keys), there was no timetable or anything in particular we had to get done. The dingy is huge fun, when it gets onto the plane it flies along. Whilst today was a bit of a "domestic chores" kind of day (groceries, trash, laundry) we did some more fun stuff as well as the obvious cheeseburger. We had a good wander in Key West, it is a great place, like nowhere else I have ever been so far in the US. The buildings are very old Florida with porches and shutters and built for the tropical climate, they are surrouned by lush dense vegitation, the atmosphere is very relaxed and the people are too. There were three great big cruise ships moored in the harbour today, it will be interesting to see what the place is like where there aren't. We plan to rent a tandem bike and go explore the place some more over the next couple of days before we take on fuel and water and head for the Keys for a couple of weeks before we come back here in time to rent a car and go collect Jess from Miami, we are really looking forward to the drive across the Keys and up to Miami and having Jess and later Matt visit.
Today was a big day!! I did a blog entry and, in the words of that well known Jimmy Buffett song, had a "cheeseburger in paradise". Jimmy has (or at least has given his name to) a bar in Key West at which you can get one of the famous cheesburgers with lettuce and tomato and french fried potatoes. This has been an ambition of mine for a while, to come here to Key West on a sailboat as a cruiser and have one of these cheesburgers, it was very good, I might just have to have another one!!
Today felt like we are really getting into the cruising life, the weather was warm, the sun shone, we got the dingy out and went onto a tropical island (Key West is an island except for the bridge that they built to the other islands or keys), there was no timetable or anything in particular we had to get done. The dingy is huge fun, when it gets onto the plane it flies along. Whilst today was a bit of a "domestic chores" kind of day (groceries, trash, laundry) we did some more fun stuff as well as the obvious cheeseburger. We had a good wander in Key West, it is a great place, like nowhere else I have ever been so far in the US. The buildings are very old Florida with porches and shutters and built for the tropical climate, they are surrouned by lush dense vegitation, the atmosphere is very relaxed and the people are too. There were three great big cruise ships moored in the harbour today, it will be interesting to see what the place is like where there aren't. We plan to rent a tandem bike and go explore the place some more over the next couple of days before we take on fuel and water and head for the Keys for a couple of weeks before we come back here in time to rent a car and go collect Jess from Miami, we are really looking forward to the drive across the Keys and up to Miami and having Jess and later Matt visit.
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