Harry Truman Little White House

We woke to a different view from Room 212 - the Costa Victoria arrived in port at 6:30 a.m. I somehow slept through the entire process, but Dave said he was up and watched her dock. It will be near 80 degrees today. The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful.

The view from Room 212 - sunrise Monday


DT at breakfast


Dave

We had a great day getting to know our way around the town a bit. DT and I had breakfast on a pier, while Lisa slept-in. Later, we-three walked down to the Harry S. Truman Little White House, where several Presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Carter) vacationed. It is now a museum. They had a very interesting display: the famous "butterfly ballot" was set-up in a voting booth. We looked it over and decided you had to a special kind of stupid not to understand where to punch your chad.

The Harry S. Truman Little White House

Then we walked to Margaritaville. Of course, I had to look at every item and carefully choose my mementos. It did take some time to look at the decor of the shop too. The walls and ceilings are decorated with every kind of Parrothead paraphernalia! Photos. License plates. Posters. Ticket stubs - you name it and a Phan had sent it in. I spoke with the boy behind the counter and discovered not only was he an Oregonian, but was the roommate of the Oregonian who worked at Papa's! It is obvious I am getting to be a local! He told me Buffett often comes to Key West and will play at the Margaritaville Cafe but never comes into the store "because there is no back door - he gets in here and can't get out". Poor Jimmy - a prisoner of his own empire! Lisa and Dave were long gone, bored with my shopping, by the time I finished with my precious purchases.

Pretty Duval Street

I took several photos of the fabulous sunset. Everyone gathers at the pier in front of our hotel to watch the sunset and a party occurs every night. Music, dancing, drinking, street performers, etc. It was quite fun to watch and enjoy. I hope you like the photos.

Sunset Monday night

For dinner, we walked down to an Italian place (naturally) and had a great meal. Lisa and I had pasta. Dave tried a local catch: mangrove snapper. He said it was delicious. After dinner, we walked back towards the hotel and ended up back at the Hogs Breath. The three of us stayed and chatted with just-graduated UConn football players until we realized it was nearing the midnight hour and we needed to stagger back to our hotel.