Key West - Life

We had a couple days of traveling and no Internet connection to speak of so there was no blogging to be done   I will try to catch you up.  We said goodby to my family on Saturday. I had a lot of mixed emotions that day.  I was teary-eyed actually.  One I had reached the one year anniversary of my health calamity and two, I just had this feeling I would never be at Sanibel again.  Although my family and I are ready to try someplace new, I was sad.

Out the car window, leaving Sanibel. feeling Melancholy!

 Dale and I headed to a hotel just down the road from where we would catch the Key West Express.  Since we had to start boarding at 7AM I figured every minute we could shave off travel would be MAJOR.  You gotta love Cool Pa, but he is GRUMPY in the morning.   He said he loved me for finding good lodging close by.

The Key West Express Boat

3.5 hours due south from Fort Myers Beach to Key West

Flowers Cool Pa picked for me today!

Cool Pa chilling out on the ride to Key West

Coming into Key West

View in the harbour

We decided to forgo the Taxi and took a Pedi Cab to our destination.  That is a bicycle with a little cart.  That guy peddled his ass off.   I feel for that guy.  He had me, Cool Pa and all our gear.  It was hotter than blue blazes.

We ended up at the Rum Bar while we waited for our room to be ready.  This is a picture of the gingerbread on the house.  It contains rum and wine bottles in its design.  The house it is in is the Rum Runner.  It apparently was a speak easy during prohibition.

We went to our room and we were...well a little under whelmed ... AND it was HOT.  We talked to the property management firm and they moved us to a lovely COOL property.  If in Key West, deal with Key West Vacation Rentals.  They take care of issues and make sure you are happy.

Little Pool outside our room

Our Courtyard

You can't see them, but there are several cages with little tropical birds.

We have a two story unit that is just wonderful.  It really accommodates our separate sleep schedules.

Beautiful fragrant flowers outside our door

We went for a little walk and encountered STREET CHICKENS

We went out for another cocktail.  Poor Cool Pa, his 6 am wake-up call is kicking his ass.

We went back to out room and called it a night.  We were just plain old tired.  We have been running for weeks.  Ahhh....but I am gonna get up early tomorrow and kick some ass learning the lay of the land around here.