Monthly Archives: May 2009
Last Day in Paradise – Redux…
Well, it turns out that today was not our last day in Key West.
I wasn’t feeling well this morning so we decided to put off leaving for another day. Just stayed around the coach all day and then walked over to the RV park restaurant for supper. This place is an outside bar/restaurant with the tables right on the water.
The food was great and the view was fantastic!
Geiger Key Grill
Jan had the Turkey & Dressing and I had the Cuban Roast Pork dinner. Both excellent!
While we were sitting at our table a guy brought by a small batfish he had caught.
This is one ugly fish.
Batfish
Last Day in Paradise…
Today is our last full day here in Key West.
After lunch at the Eat N Grinn deli, we headed over to Mallory Square to catch the Conch Train Tour.
Conch Tour Train
We had already taked the Old Town Trolley tour on Sunday when our friends were here, but we wanted to take the train since although there is some overlap, the Conch Train concentrates more on the historic Old Town part of Key West.
Old Town Trolley
One of the places we visited was the Southermost Point of the United States.
Southernmost point of US
Another place we drove by was the old shrimp boat docks.
Key West Docks
Twice in the early ’60s I was on one of my father’s shrimp boats when we docked here at Key West for supplies. There wasn’t a heck of a lot in Key West then, except for the docks and the Naval Base, which closed down in the ’70’s.
After wondering thru some more gift shops, we headed down to the Old Town Mexican Cafe for our last Key West meal. We ate here Monday and really liked it so we thought we would try it again. Still great!
After dinner we headed back to our rig at Geiger RV Park. We’ve been parked right on the water with a great view.
Geiger RV Park
When we got back, Jan was putting clothes in the washer to run a load. Right before she locked the door she noticed the clothes were ‘moving’.
A few seconds later, Mister popped out. He’s bad about crawling into places, and this time, he almost got washed and dryed.
Mister in Washer
Tomorrow we head north to West Palm Beach to meet up with our friends again. It’s about 234 miles, but will take us 6-7 hours due to the slow speed limits getting off the Keys.
More Later…
