2012 - August - Key West to Summerland Key - visit with Isaac

 

 Key West & Summerland Key & Isaac

YIKES!!, EIGHT named storms; Ernesto; Florence; Gordon; Helene; Isaac; Joyce; Kirk; Leslie. The only one we worried about was Isaac & I’ll tell you about that later.

Well, it was ‘Dog Daze’ of summer in Key West meaning, there were coupons galore available for all kinds of activities. Still trying to be tourists, we copied coupons for 2-4-1 dinners at the Pier House & Sunset Key. The food was fabulous at the Pier House, high end - way too high priced for us under normal circumstances, but using the coupon, we enjoyed the best steak we’ve had in a long time. Another night we went to see the Key West Burlesque - great fun.



TaTa & cast

 



 

 



  

My friend, Nancy came to town & ‘just the girls’ took the shuttle out to Sunset Key & used our coupons for happy hour & small plate specials.


From Sunset Key, Key West

It was hot with intermittent rain & storms some days. We decided to ‘do’ the Duval Crawl - surprised!  we were greeted by a party! - it was Lobster Fest

but 

we didn't know it. Duval was closed off & hundreds of booths provided tons of food, drink & other ‘stuff’.

My new hat bought on Duval - I love it!

We used another coupon &, again, had a wonderful meal at the Pier House then stopped at the Schooner Warf to hear the great music on the way back to the dinghy.

We cruised home & anchored out in Niles Channel on the 13^th. Nancy told us about Wetstock, a party at

That's Nancy on the left in black hat

Molly & me -Chair swings on Picnic Island

Music barge

Picnic island with lots of food,libations, neat people & live music being held on Saturday the 18^th. (close to our house & we’ve been many times) Hell…we’ll be there. It was a blast. We anchored there for 3 nights.

We cruised out into the Atlantic to dump the tanks &, of course, I fished - yellow tail for dinner. Thankfully, high tides let us bring BLUE MAX to the house because Isaac was coming - they declared a hurricane warning for the Keys. We had to prepare the boat & the house in a hurry. Mickey &

Kathryn came down on Friday the 24^th

All boats hunkered down before the storm

Wayne stringing line across the canal - Mickey on hand

 

Scups & Kate in their rain gear

so grateful for their help in preparing for the storm. We experienced 45-60 knot wind bands & rain. We were cozy & safe in the

Rain & Wind bands from the North in Niles Channel

cottage. We were still removing lines & putting stuff away till the end of the month.

Walking the plank to get on the boat