We spent five awesome nights in Key West - here are some of the highlights:
Taking Anthony on a tour of the eight different houses I lived in over my fourteen years in Key West (pictured is the oldest house in KW - it's a museum, I was a live-in caretaker there).
Visiting Key West Watersports (where I worked for 10 years), seeing all the changes that have been made since I last visited.
The mini-reunion party for all the old Watersports employees - lots of laughs, lots of "remember when" stories. ("Remember when our work uniform consisted of a bikini and a pair of flip-flops?")
Chillin' on the beach at Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, watching the sailboats coming in and out of the harbor.
A late afternoon trip with the Quirk-Murphy family on their flats skiff. We headed out to Snipe Point to stroll in the beach shallows shark-spotting, and fished a little as the sun came down. Tony Murphy is an awesome fishing guide - check out his Key Limey Charters.
Watching the Key West sunset at Mallory Square. It's a KW institution, with singers, vendors and performers. It was kind of quiet this time of year, but some of the old regulars were still there - Will Soto (juggler/tightrope walker) and DW Blademaster (sword swallower) have been doing their thing at Sunset since before I arrived in 1986.
Getting my hip "fixed"! Some of you may remember that I was limping around before I left, with a mystery pain in my hip. Turns out it was trochanteric bursitis, which was diagnosed at a dinner party by Mike Quirk (dad to my old pal Colleen), who is a P.A. in Key West. One stop by his office for a freebie cortisone shot, and I was good as new!
Riding bikes around old town, balancing cafe con leches in the basket. I think that's what I miss most about living in KW - pedaling lazily through the streets, roosters scattering ahead. (Thanks to Rich and Ema for lending us their awesome "conch cruisers" - as well as putting us up in their home and guest cottage!)
It was hard to pull ourselves away from Key West's spell and head north on US1 again. But, we have another chapter of the adventure ahead (it begins tomorrow - adios, Florida, and hola Guatemala!).
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