Finally, the long awaited Key West Blog. Sorry it has taken so long to get these pictures posted. We have been very busy since we got home, and on top of all of the shopping, and wrapping, I am sick AGAIN! uugghh. So, since I am home today, I figured I could at least sit in front of the computer and post this blog. Hope you all are healthy!
Tom and Castor in Marathon, FL. We stopped here to have a Thanksgiving lunch on the way to Key West. geeeezz what a drive! We sat outside right on the water! Ask Tom if you should feed the fish at this place. (FYI : I am NOT a bird person!)
This is where we stayed. It was actually pretty nice, considering the 2 pictures on the internet were from 1982. We weren't sure what we were getting into!
On the first night the ladies went to a drag show. This was my first time at a drag show, and it was a blast! This is Melissa and "Cher". Melissa also got to get on stage with "Cher" for her birthday!
Happy Birthday Tom and Melissa! Here we are at Blue Heaven for birthday breakfast. This restaurant was wonderful. If you are ever in Key West, be sure to stop here!!
Tom's birthday breakfast : Lobster and filet mignon eggs benedict!
We had to stand in line for this picture!! We didn't have to wait anywhere (except Blue Heaven), so I was shocked that there was a line for this thing!
This was on the Rum and Reggae cruise. After snorkeling, they serve free beer and rum punch. Since the snorkeling was not fun, we got our money's worth of "free" drinks!
Some stranger thought it would be a good idea to give Jamez a giant sparkler. It was funny!
Tom riding a mechanical bull. I think he is wanting to make this his profession!
At the famous Elbo Room in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Another classic Jazz Hands picture!! Ft. Lauderdale.
This was our last night in FL. We got some stone crab to munch on since we never really got to have the seafood feast Tom and I were hoping for. Stone crab is pretty yummy- but you eat it cold, which was a little weird. That's Archie trying to get a little taste of the crab. He is such a good boy!
Have I mentioned that we LOVE these mountains?
Welcome Summer!!!
With the treeless lot behind us now, we can see ALL of the mountains behind us. This is from the kitchen window. We are hoping that the neighbors will want to take the privacy fence down...now that we know they are not going to put a small trailer park back there! This area is also my favorite planting spot...from L to R- Iris *in tree stump, Lilac bush (look how big it is mom!), and some raspberries at the corner of the chain link fence! I am SO excited about the raspberries!
destruction :(
UGH!
Killer bees under the deck! I say bees, Tom says yellow jackets....what ever they are, they are mean and they sting! Tom got rid of them this afternoon with a well planned out attack involving 2 cans of bug killer! These mean little guys stung Harley, so obviously they had to die!
Here is the garden we planted yesterday! It's a bit smaller than last year, but will hopefully yield more this time around! Cantaloupe, tomatoes (3) jalapeno (5!) yellow squash (2) green squash, and cilantro! I bet you would never guess that salsa is my favorite food ;)
Harley is no dummy, he waits patiently for any hand outs, right next to the kitchen.
I saw a giant grasshopper in this area. Should they be out in February??
I know we have blogged about this trail before, and some of the pictures may look familiar, but it's our favorite!! (mine anyway!) It is wide, and there is rarely anyone on it. We didn't have to put the dogs on the leash at all. Oh, and do you see that view?? It is very rewarding when you get to the top! :) aaaahhhhhh, mountains!
Harley, a true mountain dog.
It's a good hike if Maggie looks like this at the top! She is also wore out from catching her first squirrel! Thats right, the 82 pound beast caught a squirrel! Thankfully she did not hurt it. Tom and I were yelling at her, so she gave up on it. We were afraid that she would not know what to do with it, and that she would end up battered after the altercation!
