February 1 – 12, 2014   I don’t think I will ever tire  or stop marveling from the views driving into the Keys. Starting at mile marker 110, let the views begin.

We are a little nervous. We have reservations for 3 out of the  4 weeks that we’ll be in the Keys at Fiesta Key.  It is a campground that we’ve never been to and has been recently bought by a conglomerate.  We got an unbelievable rate per week at a camping show.  Another Adventure!

At mile marker 70 we turn into “paradise”.  Our first impression is good. I’m not saying the whole impression is favorable, but efforts to improve are noticeable. BUT, big BUT, Mother Nature does not let us down. Our sit #575 is waterfront, with the best ocean view we’ve ever had at a campground.  We are facing “sunset”.  Our front yard is an awesome “all natural” aquarium.  We watched two horseshoe crabs being romantic while one was being ridden by a conch. We have very nice neighbors from Nashville, TN.

Feb 2, 2014  We bike out to the road and get on a very nice paved bike path. Seven miles from mm 70 to mm 63 to the Conch Key bridge. We bike, still on the bike path, 2 miles of beautiful, beautiful ocean views from the bridge. We stop to watch 4 Cubans trying to catch a Nurse Shark.  The shark probably weighed as much as all 4 of them together. There was no way they were going to bring this shark in, it was playing with them. This was one better than watching a Three Stooges episode.  At one point, one of the guys looks at me, I’m taking photos of the shark.  He yells to me “Hey lady, take a picture of us 4 Cubans!”    They stop and pose. I take the photo and they go back to there nonsense.

We have developed “Key Disease”.  We have no concept of day or time. Every moment is enjoyable.  We meet 2 old friends of David’s from Connecticut. We’ve met many new friends.  I played mahjong at the Marathon Yacht Club and plan on going back next Tuesday.  David went fishing on a charter and caught 16 yellowtail fish.

There is a  Mexican Pot Luck dinner tonight at the campground.  David has been on a mission researching inflatable Kayaks. He ordered a Sea Eagle 370 Pro Pack. We can’t  wait for it to arrive.

Feb 8, 2014  David’s cousin’s John and Nancy are coming today.  We ride our bikes  out to the Channel 5 bridge, mm 71.  It’s going to be fun being “tour guides”. They have never been to the Keys before.  We go to the Big Pine Flea Market, Lunch at No Name Pub, Key Deer viewing and introduce them to some of our friends that live in the Keys.  We go to Church at San Pablo.  Every day Nancy and I do water aerobics and John and David “sunbathe”.  The days are just warm, relaxing and totally enjoyable.

We spend 12 days at Fiesta Key and then head to Bahia Honda State Park.  We have a week there and then will be back to Fiesta Key.