The Fun Continues

Day 37 Winter Escape

Canoeing again. The warmest day so far. Yipeee!!!! Notice that Nickie almost got left stranded on a rock in the water. haha

Happy Valentines Day

To Celebrate we went to First Baptist Church of Key Largo. We heard a good message aboout living and loving together. We had a good meal of boneless BBQ ribs, and fancy V-day trimings.

Canooing

i finally talked Nickie into taking a "walk on the wild side" and getting in the canoo. She thought it was cool after we got in it. It wasn't quite as scarey as she thought it would be. It was peaceful, and we saw Manatees and fish and a lot of cool houses and boats.

Days 35 & 36 Winter Escape

We visited John Penekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, not far from where we are staying. The next time we come here we will probably stay there for a while. It is very nice. Nice "mangrove board walk".

Cowboy Bill's Honky Tonk Saloon

My old Army buddy Richard "Rocko" Yates is the main DJ at Cowboy Bills, and we were very pleased to find him and spend a couple of hours watching him work. He is very good at what he does, and we were struck by his dedication and the amount of joy he gets out of doing it. This night he was spinnin' tunes, introducing drink specials, and announcing the winners and loosers in the ladies bull riding competition. The picture of us together is a little doctored. Rocko is about a foot taller than me, but I am standing on a step!!

Blue Lagoon Motel

While we were in Key West, we wanted to make sure we met up with my friend from the Army, so we got a room at the "Blue Lagoon" while we waited for him to start work at Cowboy Bill's Saloon. It turned out to be an OK hotel for the price in Key West. I was feeding the birds again outside our hotel, and Nickie took the picture of the Tiger in honor of Joshua's Chinese Zodiac sign.