3/1/15 Deb's Solo Move Jolly Roger's to Grassy Key, Florida

John "Hemmingway" Hanley Pens the SSG History Epic

 A bit more moving around to find openings - we spend 9 days at Jolly Roger's and 10 days at Grassy Key which are at the east end of Marathon.  Of course they are packed but John does a great job shoe horning our rig between two trees on a nice shady site at Jolly Roger's. We had to put our truck mirrors in and people in surrounding campsites had to move boats, trucks and yard tchotchkes in order for us to maneuver.  Everyone has been in the same situation

so all are helpful and it's a great way meet  neighbors.  Campers who docked boats at the campground donated pounds of fresh fish for the Friday night fish fry. YUM.  The nightly blow from a conch shell marking sunset brings smiles and hoots from the crowd gathered for the magnificent show.  John works diligently on his project and flies to Washington for a workshop to present and gather more data.  At the DC airport on his way home John texts that it is 16 degrees, an improvement from when he arrived when it was only 6 degrees.  He says it is 8 below zero in Westerly RI (our future home) right now, oh my.  As I sweat in 85 degrees.

WHILE JOHN WAS GONE DEB HAD TO MOVE THE RV TO GRASSY KEY!  She has never packed up, moved, and set up all by herself so she was a bit nervous.  However, with a little help from the fellows next door, she hooked up the RV and off she went.  Thank goodness the new site at Grassy Key was a pull-through because she does NOT backup!  A true red letter day in her book.   This beautiful (expensive, $110 a nite), small

Grassy Key with our Winslow RV in Background

campground had a pool right across from our site, of which we took max advantage.  Fellow campers knocked on our door at 5 o'clock inviting us to join them at the Gulf side tiki hut for cocktails every night.  It is great to meet people from all walks of life from all over the country having fun!

 Kayaking and sunsets were great at these two Gulf side parks which are only half a mile apart.  They are close to  a 12 mile bike path connecting several islands which make up the town of Marathon.  While biking we  discovered a cute coffee shop on Colony Key called Leigh Ann's. Debra met up with friends Geri, Peggy and Diane for morning walks with Geri's dog Bandit, did Zumba (which Geri teaches - so cool), had a great house tour in Key West and we enjoyed many fresh fish dinners.  So grateful for wonderful friends Geri and Bill who have done much to make our travels work more smoothly from storing Deb's car in Newport to being our mailing address in the Keys, and much more. The "Hemmingway" photo above was taken at their  house.

Our new RV friends Diane and Fred invited us to join them and several of their family & friend  RVers at a private field overlooking 7 mile bridge for their annual rendezvous.  We all sat around sharing great food, a campfire, and RV stories. We picked up several great sayings that apply to our trip which I will add to a future "Folly-isms Page" in this blog.