Nov 17th to 20th - Florida

Nov 17th - Mon - Marathon FL
We finally got together with the neighbor that we met briefly at the office when checking email. Lori & Dave are from Saskatchewan and had been to Newfoundland this summer so we had a lot to talk about.
Next we drove to Islamadora (about 25 miles back up the keys) where we had lunch and browsed through some stores.
The wind never quit last night and all day today. Good thing we have TV channels as you sure cannot sit outside.

Nov 18th - Tues - Marathon FL
We made another trip to Key West today. First took pictures at the southernmost point in the US and then had lunch at Sloppy Joe’s which is supposedly a must-do while in Key West. Walked around Mallory Square which has a sunset party each night (we didn’t stay for it) and wandered through many streets & stores that we hadn’t seen on our first visit. A lot of restaurants have live entertainment all afternoon & evening.
Shortly after we got back to the RV park, Lori showed up to ask us over for margaritas. They had been parked on a waterfront site but moved to a site a few rows back to get away from the wind and from the spray hitting their rig. Lori was going to make us all some dinner when Dave said he had seen a sign down the road for “all you can eat shrimp” which sounded OK to all of us. So we walked to the restaurant (a little further than Dave thought) and had dinner. The waitress asked if we were ready for more shrimp (peel and eat) but we were all full. So she brought another bowl for each of us and a couple of to-go boxes. I have a cold and achy muscles so we headed home.

Nov 19th - Wed - to Ft Lauderdale FL
Another restless night with the wind blowing. We took a few minutes to say goodbye to Dave & Lori before leaving shortly after 9. The wind was really tossing us around on the highway for a while but finally let up. We let Wanda lead us on & off toll highways and were happy to have her guiding us with “keep right, keep left and exit right” in quick succession. Arrived at Paradise Island RV park just before 1, got a spot right next to Paul & Vicki and got set up before they returned from the beach. We sat & chatted with them for a couple of hours and then came back to fix dinner. Paul had figured out how to get the new program on his Coolsat receiver so we didn’t have to do any computer stuff today.
I am still feeling very much under the weather so went to bed early.

Nov 20th - Thurs - Ft Lauderdale FL
I thought I would get a good night’s sleep without the wind but I tossed & turned & coughed all night and kept Terry awake as well. We enjoyed the sun and sat chatting with Paul & Vicki for quite a while this morning. Terry explored the park on his bike and joined Paul & Vicki for a swim while I tried to nap and ended up reading. Terry & I walked a short distance to a Walgreens for some “drugs” for me.
Paul needed a pizza fix so we went to dinner with them at CiCi’s Pizza which is a buffet/all you can eat chain. I downed some Nyquil-type medication and went to be early again.