couple of hours sunbathing on decking with a view across the ocean and
dipping in the lovely cool pool.
We left the house in time for the sunset celebration, gorgeously
obscured by thick cloud, and then headed to Margaritaville for dinner. The last
time we had been in this restaurant chain had been in Orlando, Florida, at
Universal Studios, and we had had a fun evening with cheap food and free
live music. Sadly this time the music was canned, the re-fills on drinks were
not free and the service was poor. Guess we are not in a theme park anymore
Toto!
In the light of how cheap the entrance fee was, and how warm and small the
pool at our camp was, we decided to spend our last day in the Keys back at
the Southernmost House. We even got free parking this time. Although the
weather was mixed, from sun too hot to sit in to freezing rain in a matter of
minutes, we had a very relaxing day - due in part to the free cocktails. Once
the sun started to lose its warmth we retired to our van to change. Ah, the
beauty of having a house on wheels, then headed to Mallory Square.
We spent the evening at the sunset celebration again - there really is
little else to do cheaply in Key West. This time there actually was a sunset,
which Emma photographed over the heads of the ten person deep crowd
watching it.
Our thoughts turned to food, as always, once we had seen two shows
and the sunset, but after last night's disappointing meal we were very
undecided about where to go. Eventually we settled on a return to Flagler's
Hotel where we had a three-course meal for a reasonable 23 dollars a head,