Remember last week (a long long time without a post I know) I was going to "explain" why we got a late start leaving Brandon?
Well the photo above explains it ~ our satellite wouldn't stow properly. In fact it wouldn't stow at all! We ended up calling "tech support" and were walked through how to disassemble some parts of it enough to manually stow it so we could finally get on the road. All the while trying to locate a dealer in FL.
We finally located a dealer who we met in an industrial park in Fort Lauderdale. Because of our size (combined length of 68') it is challenging to find a suitable spot for such repairs. The whole repair process worked out quite well and three hours later we were back on the road. We had been without satellite for two days, but thankfully we were in a real campground that had wifi (Clewiston KOA).
So we finally got back to the Keys last Wednesday (yes a week ago!!) to gorgeous sunsets (although I haven't figured out how to get the new camera to do them justice). The weather here has been unseasonably cool - low 60's rather than the upper 70's or low 80's. But along with the cool weather there has been no humidity, so the AC hasn't been running and the windows have been open and we aren't shoveling anything.
The other night I was pounding some chicken breasts for chicken marsala. Well Sir does not like loud noises - they startle and frighten him. As soon as I started he jumped up in Rick's lap so Rick could protect him - yup, a 93 pound lapdog!!
We haven't done much while we've been here - I've been working on a big sewing project which has kept me house bound most of the time. We did go down to Key West yesterday. On Sunday we went out to watch the Patriots give away another game. We started at a "sports bar" in Key Largo called JJ's Big Chill owned by Jimmy Johnson (former coach for the Dolphins(??)) What a mistake that was - the place may be lovely but the bar tender sucks. After waiting for 15 minutes (NO it wasn't busy there and there were empty bar stools and tables) and watching her saunter by us several times, hands in pockets ignoring us Rick finally called her over to order ~ what an attitude this girl had. We decided at that point we weren't about to stay there for the game and try to get service so since the game hadn't started we headed back to Tavernier to one of our favorite places a mile down the road from where we are at (they don't have a web site so no link) called Dillons. They have a grouper rueben that is out of this world. Anyway, back to the game ... what a difference ~ game day at Dillon's is a blast - with friendly staff (what a concept when serving the public huh!), drawings, prizes, trivia .... and LIFE in the place! The owner (as we found out last year) is from Bennington, VT where I spent some years as a child (five years I think). Don't know his name though, but probably my age or a bit older.
So that's the post for today......
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Well, thank you! Are you implying that the Elks isn't a REAL campground? Shame on you!! But I know what you mean and it would be nice to have a place to dump.
I am amazed that "Sir" is afraid of loud noises. Now who'd have thought it? Not me, who's afraid of "Sir". Just for the record Charlie is too - that is, afraid of loud noises. It only began fairly recently when someone was throwing something off a roof and we happened to be walking by. He still goes by that place with caution and he's supposed to be a gun dog. Since then he's become a whimpering coward. Oh well....
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