Days 21-25 - Key Largo, FL - Thurs

Key Largo Kampground 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015
101551 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, FL 33037

Thursday:

Spent a lazy day doing nothing; a short walk, tasty lunch and dinner, and took another big chunk of reading out of that mammoth 1,258 page novel.  I'm on page 984 and Brandon Sanderson is starting to tie in characters and incidents to wrap it all up.  You could say he's written six individual but related novels in one work.  He's jumped from one to another and now he's bringing all the characters together.  Their individual and independent sagas are part of the whole.  Genius.  Actually, "lazy days" is what can be said of most of my days when I travel with Winnie.....isn't that the object?  I am wallowing in my good fortune of having missed all that's going on weather-wise is the northeast.  Stay safe, warm, and cozy.  Seems I've conveyed that message before....three times?  With more coming, it really is eerie.

A new member to "Winnie's Visitors" is Joe from Erie, PA.  He owns the luxurious, huge rig next to me and the lot it sits on.

He wanted a "view" of my View.  Realizing he'll be down-sizing in five years, he wanted to see and was very impressed with Winnie's interior.  We had a nice, long chat.  I learned a lot about him.  Being they owned the pad their rig was on, they had tile laid for their patio which looked terrific.

Tonight is my last night here at Key Largo Kampground.  It marks the end of day 25 and the furthest south I've traveled with "Winnie."  Fortunately, I've been to Key West, Florida, the furthest point south in the Continental United States, in May of 2012 and spent a couple of days there, so I don't feel I'm missing anything. 

Not really the furthest point in the US; that's located
on adjacent land 900' further south and owned by the
U.S. Navy and cannot be entered by civilian tourists.

Stunning and real

Of course, I found a great sushi restaurant:
Origami Japanese Restaurant.

Outstanding.  A quiet patio away from
crowds of tourists on a side street.
Yes, there's two missing.  Good catch.

Not being Triskaidekaphobic, I will be 'on the road again,' tomorrow, Friday, the 13th.  It will be a 5 hour trip with a stop in Boca Raton for lunch and then on to Port Orange in the Daytona Beach Shores area.  This time I'll be staying at Carefree RV at Daytona Beach.  It should be interesting (and crowded) because this weekend the qualifiers will be preparing less than 6 miles away.  The Daytona 500 is at the Daytona International Speedway February 22nd.

See you tomorrow in Port Orange, FL.

• Saturday Cloudy. Snow likely...mainly in the afternoon. Light snow accumulation possible. Cold with highs in the mid 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent. Wind chill values as low as 4 below in the morning.
• Saturday NightCloudy. Snow likely...mainly in the evening. Additional light snow accumulation possible. Windy and cold with lows around 8 above. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph after midnight. Chance of snow 70 percent. Wind chill values as low as 12 below after midnight.
• SundayMostly cloudy in the morning...then becoming mostly sunny. Windy and cold with highs around 10 above. Wind chill values as low as 15 below.
• Sunday NightPartly cloudy in the evening...then becoming mostly clear. Blustery and cold with lows 5 below to zero. Wind chill values as low as 25 below.