Still here....

6/2/13
Key West, FL
rain, rain, & more rain

Well, we are getting a lesson in patience from Mother Nature.  We are waiting for another weather window and we keep getting the same response...maybe next weekend.  So now we are looking at another week in Key West.  We have now been here since May 24th and have settled into a routine - Charlie wakes up early and rides around town on his bike, he then calls and wakes me up and tells me where to meet him for breakfast.  This morning was a little French bistro where we had a wonderful breakfast outside. Buckwheat galettes: mine with prosciutto/tomatoes and basil, and his with smoked salmon/capers and cream cheese....so yummy!  Next door, a sign said this shop sold the "most comfortable toe rings ever...and yes, they were right.

While enjoying our breakfast the wind picked up and sprinkles started, so we paid the bill and jumped on our bikes hoping to make it to the boat before the heavens opened up.  Not to be, we even had to find refuge under someone's carport as the lighting and thunder became more intense.  Finally, we just made a run for it and got soaked.

We also enjoyed seeing The Great Gatsby in 3D, unfortunately it cost us $50

This is a great place to ride bikes as the town is not that big.  We have visited two museums.  First, Ernest Hemingway's Home which turned out to be more than we had anticipated.  I was not a fan of Hemingway, but came away from there with two books.  I also had no idea that Hemingway was a cat person.  There are still many descendents of his 6 toed cats roaming the property.  We also visited the Mel Fischer exhibit of the Discovery of the Atocha.  The Atocha was a Spanish galleon that was wrecked on a reef out of Key West in the 1600's by a hurricane.  It is estimated that there is 40% of the treasure still lying at the bottom.  Had this ship made it back to Spain, the USA might well be under Spanish rule today.  There is also Truman's Little White House, which we have not seen.....yet.

6 toed cat

Hemingway's House