February - Down Hemmingway's Way

Took an awesome trip with Katie to Key West (we drove down from Orlando - that's a LONG trip through some awfully scrubby country). We stayed at a cute little B&B on the Old Town side of the island, with an appropriately aquatic theme...

I even got a tattoo! The henna, "lasts-for-two-weeks-unless-of-course-you-go-in-a-pool-with-chlorine-and-then-it's-more-like-10-hours" kind. That last part was in small print in order for them to fit it all in the brand name. They had some very interesting civic services (sadly, not available in all Florida locales)

I love a good lighthouse, and Key West didn't disappoint

Which afforded me the opportunity to face my fear of falling down stairs

What, did you think I was kidding?

But at least the stairs give an amazing view of the town, including an aspect you don't usually notice from the street - everything has tin roofs, which was initially started to help cut down on fires spreading. The pictures might have popped a little more if only the sun had been out while we were there!
We also had some adventures in Clearwater and a stopover in the slightly frightening retirement community of DeLand--the Starbucks baristas seemed desperately eager to serve us, since we were the only patrons who weren't card carrying AARP members.

And last but not least, we were THIS CLOSE to making our own movie--a mix between Speed and Con Air, but we didn't think the Sherriff would take kindly to being punked.

Yay for good friends to go adventuring with!!