A Key West Day
We woke to a rather blustery day. The winds were up and
it was a bit cool. Too cool for the Florida Keys. With the wind blowing the way
it was we knew that diving would be out so the crew made the decision to have
their mid-week break and go to Key West for the day. We had a nice cooked
breakfast of scrambled eggs then everyone got dressed for a day on the town and
off we went.
Key West is a nice little town, full of interesting
people and things but it is little. Once you’ve walked across it once or twice
you realize how small the Old Town section really is. The crew spent the day
poking in and out of t-shirt shops, going to museums and soaking up the ‘local
color’. We all met for dinner at Jack Flats where the food was good but they
just couldn’t get Mike’s order right.
After dinner we headed to the Sunset Festival at Mallory
Square. It’s a collection of street performers that gather on the waterfront to
entertain the crowds and beg for money. There are acrobats, jugglers, singers,
statues and the famous Cat Man. The crew went directly to the Cat Man to catch
his rather unique show. You can see acrobats anywhere but you can only see the Cat Man and his trained cats in
Key West. After the show the crew met with the Cat Man to take pictures and get
autographs. Wait until you see the
pictures of this character.
By the time we were done with the Cat Man it was quite
cool and everyone had seen enough so we headed back to the boat.
I don’t know about everyone else but I went out as soon
as my head hit the pillow.
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