Finally the chill of winter is wearing off the Conch Republic. Though still in the 50’s, the sun is out and the Northern wind has ceased. Soon we hope to feel those famous warm temps!
Meanwhile Tim and I have stayed busy working and living on the Sunshine Key. We are surrounded by Snow Birds who flock to the Keys each year for sunshine and camaraderie. Though we are some of the youngest around, everyone greets us like old friends. It’s truly the friendliest small town in America, even if everyone’s “homes” are on wheels.
Restless Native
Today’s work day was halted abruptly when a guy who found an iguana hanging out in a tree above his RV brought him around the camp to show off. Tim and I piled out of the van for evidence of exoticness in our chilly home. Surely with an iguana in camp there must be warmer weather around the corner?
Fewer Layers, Getting Warmer
Our work day was again paused as 5:00 rolled around. Over the last two days as the clock strikes Happy Hour, we hear a distant sound: a distant sound In the quiet evening, the faint tune is joined by another…and another. At 5:00 the residents of the Sunshine Key raise their conchs and toast the end of another day. Cocktail hour follows as folks emerge from their RV’s to meet and greet their neighbors.
By Request, a Gratuitous Ring Shot
Next on the agenda is a spectacular sunset that lights up the sky with reds, purples, and golds. Tim and I have discovered our favorite spot for the day’s encore pageant. We head out of a mangrove forest to the end of a secluded pier overlooking Bahia Honda to the West. From our box seats we watch as cranes glide inches above the water, schools of fish dart between the mangrove roots and the sun sets behind the distant palm trees.
Sun Sets on the Conch Republic
The longer we stay, the longer we push out any other plans. We may never leave.
MOM B
January 13, 2010 at 6:24 am
Ring looks BEAUTIFUL!! So excited for you both!! Enjoy your “warmer” temps now. We’re up to 21 this morning!! Heat wave!!! Love ya!
John C
January 13, 2010 at 6:56 am
It looks like things are beginning to happen the way they are supposed to happen now. BTW, there was a story circulating a few days ago that it had gotten so cold in Florida that the alien green iguanas couldn’t keep their metabolism cooking high enough to prevent them from losing their grip and falling out of trees. Good to know that there is no longer a threat of death by falling lizards.