Got caught up in relaxation...

...and had a temporary blog-pause. Been having a wondrous time. John came into town on Friday so we've been moving and shaking around here. We spent Friday night and, after a few sangrias and some pizza, it was off to an early bedtime. Ah, but that meant that we got up yesterday at 5 am so we could see the sunrise.

 Yesterday was magnificent. We started off walking around the Key West cemetery on the cemetery tour - very interesting. Here's my favorite grave - it's a mother and child. They went to New York on a trip when the child was only 3 years old and she fell out of a hotel window. The mother died 2 years later and they're buried in this grave. The most wondrous thing is, that when I was looking at these pictures, my camera captured a light beam coming right through the wreath that the mother is holding - the wreath symbolized eternity. I think this picture is proof that a mother's love is undying.

After the cemetery tour, John and I took the jet ski over to the Atlantic side of the island for a ride. Blue water abounded and the ride was great. We had to go past mangroves (which held no manatees that I could see) but, after that, we opened her up and flew across the ocean. What fun! We ended up at a sandbar only to remember that we had no anchor, having lost it last year. So, when a MacGregor sailboat appeared, we asked if we could hook to them. And a friendship was formed! The couple, John and Jeanette, live down here in the Keys and couldn't have been any nicer. They brought their 11 year old boxer, Minnie, along so we had much fun watching her cavort on the sandbar.

When we got there, the sandbar was about 2 feet under water but, after hours of laughing, chatting, and general merriment, the sandbar was just about 8" deep. Ah, but we had to move on. So, we exchanged info and hope to see John and Jeanette in two weeks when John's in town again and we hit "the bar."

Came home, showered and got cleaned up for a rambled down Duval Street to the La Concha hotel for the most beautiful view of the sunset on the island. People think Mallory Square has the view but they've seen nothing yet. Here's some pics - 360 view of the island from the top of La Concha: