Key West

July 23rd. Ahhh... Key West!! The beach, the sun, relaxation! NOT!! Mosquitoes!! They were out in such force that we were afraid to go outside for much more than a RUN to the restrooms. It seems our preconcieved notions about Key West were a bit off. We were dreaming of beautiful white beaches with seashells by the ton. There was a decided lack of pretty beaches. The ones that we DID find had a decided lack of seashells! We still went in the warm clear water, but we were a bit disappointed after the gulf coast!

We camped at a KOA on Sugarloaf Key, not quite on Key West, but almost. This place was quite amazing. I am sure during peak season, it must be quite a happening place! There is an open air pub with multiple tv screens, and video games. They even have a few iguanas that live somewhere on the premises that like to visit in the early evenings on an awning inside. I think they must be people watching. So were we!

That first day, we drove through Key West to see what was there... while we were driving around, a major storm came through, dumping 3 inches of rain in a very short period of time. It was all over the local news! The streets were quite flooded, and there were many soggy tourists wandering around. We drove back to our trailer, though it was raining so hard, it was hard to see where we were going.

On one of the days, we spent the afternoon in Key West itself. We went to the beach and hung out for a few hours, and then wandered the town. We window shopped and came up with a few pressing questions: How many t-shirt shops does one town really need? How many crass sayings really need to be put on t-shirts? We had been planning on hanging out in town all afternoon, having a late dinner and watching the famous sunset, but it was hot, and we were done, so we had an early dinner instead. We found Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. Colin ordered a Cheeseburger in Paradise and the song came on just as it arrived. He thought that was pretty cool! When we got back to our tent trailer, we went up on the bridge to take some sunset photos. There really wasn't that much to see, but I have them as proof!

Here are a few questions Colin came up with:

How many keys are there?!

Why are they called keys?

And one from Marcus: How can we get a new Toyota key?