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Is That Blue Sky I See?

I’ve always heard of the “one-two punch”, but this winter is now into the double-digits (24-25 punch?) It seems that for every decent day we have, the next day(s) include cloud cover and/or snowfall (or that lovely ice mix like last Wednesday that left snow, turned to slush, turned to ice). Consequently, after only 4 […]

Ft. Lauderdale & Miami

Before I move on to the next portion of our trip I did want to clarify that, New Year’s Eve aside, I really enjoyed Key West. We couldn’t have asked for better weather, the Old Town residential areas are lovely, the sunsets are amazing, the water is reasonably warm for swimming (even their mid-winter sea […]

Key West, Part 2

As Nancy said, just say no. Overall, our vacation was great. Yeah, there were a few glitches (no rental cars available despite a confirmation, a flat tire, being unable to find the car rental agency even with GPS), but we were able to laugh those things off and move on. They became funny stories to […]

Key West, Part 1

After our rental car fiasco (see yesterday’s post) it took us over 5 hours to finally reach the island of Key West. And for the record, if anybody tells you that you shouldn’t fly into Key West because the drive along the Overseas Highway is so spectacular don’t believe them. It’s a boring ride with […]

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Sure, there were no doctors involved, but I bet if one was, he would have ordered me to go on vacation. Anyway, with two week’s worth of activities to blather on about, I’m going to break it up in multiple posts (besides, that gives you something to look forward to the next day). It all […]