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The View From Here Sunday morning Jan. 24
Chapter Three: The people we meet
Once again we found ourselves headed down the road. Our plan was to spend some time in Key West and hopefully be there for New Years eve. We new it was expensive to be there but were still surprised when after trying a few different places that the only site to be had was five miles from down town, was $135.00 a night and would only be available for two nights! We took it anyway, parked our rig, and took a bus into town that same night yet to scope out the downtown. We walked down Duval street and eventually found ourselves in the famous Sloppy Joes bar where Hemmingway spent a good bit of time writing in the 1930’s. The place is supposedly still pretty much the same as it was then, and this evening it was packed to the boards with people, and a great rock band playing our kind of music. Another couple sitting along the wall on one side invited us to sit with them and we soon struck a relationship.
Turns out they were military people and by virtue of that fact they were entitled to stay at the navel installation only two blocks from down town at a fraction of what local hotel rates were. Once again we found ourselves treated to the great American hospitality that we’ve encounterd so often along the way here. Within twenty minutes Steve and Vicky had us booked into a lovely room beside them for the next three nights, as their guests in the best location in town..jpg)
The next four days we spent riding our bikes around Key West. We spent long afternoons on the beach, and evenings watching the sun go down at Mallory Square or eating half price at happy hour in one of the many bars down there with our new friends. We spent New Years Eve together, first over supper, and then down town watching one of the greatest parties ever on Duval Street with thousands of others from all over the world. Quite a celebration!
Another thing American folks take very seriously is their football. New years day, before leaving town, we spent some time with Steve and Vicky down town watching the Rose Bowl. The bar was filled with Ohio fans, Steve and Vicky are from Ohio (one of the teams playing. The opening of the game, on big screens all around us, with the singing of their national anthem, their patriotism to their country and their flag, and their incredible sense of celebration made my hair stand on end. These folks have truly got a lot to be proud of in this great nation of theirs.
Alas again we hade to go and we said our fair wells. As a last parting gesture they gave us their brand new lawn chairs cause they were flying out later that night and couldn’t take them with them. Leaving town we once again felt we new a bit more about what it is to be American. Cool huh?
Chapter Three: The people we meet
Once again we found ourselves headed down the road. Our plan was to spend some time in Key West and hopefully be there for New Years eve. We new it was expensive to be there but were still surprised when after trying a few different places that the only site to be had was five miles from down town, was $135.00 a night and would only be available for two nights! We took it anyway, parked our rig, and took a bus into town that same night yet to scope out the downtown. We walked down Duval street and eventually found ourselves in the famous Sloppy Joes bar where Hemmingway spent a good bit of time writing in the 1930’s. The place is supposedly still pretty much the same as it was then, and this evening it was packed to the boards with people, and a great rock band playing our kind of music. Another couple sitting along the wall on one side invited us to sit with them and we soon struck a relationship.
Turns out they were military people and by virtue of that fact they were entitled to stay at the navel installation only two blocks from down town at a fraction of what local hotel rates were. Once again we found ourselves treated to the great American hospitality that we’ve encounterd so often along the way here. Within twenty minutes Steve and Vicky had us booked into a lovely room beside them for the next three nights, as their guests in the best location in town..jpg)
The next four days we spent riding our bikes around Key West. We spent long afternoons on the beach, and evenings watching the sun go down at Mallory Square or eating half price at happy hour in one of the many bars down there with our new friends. We spent New Years Eve together, first over supper, and then down town watching one of the greatest parties ever on Duval Street with thousands of others from all over the world. Quite a celebration! Another thing American folks take very seriously is their football. New years day, before leaving town, we spent some time with Steve and Vicky down town watching the Rose Bowl. The bar was filled with Ohio fans, Steve and Vicky are from Ohio (one of the teams playing. The opening of the game, on big screens all around us, with the singing of their national anthem, their patriotism to their country and their flag, and their incredible sense of celebration made my hair stand on end. These folks have truly got a lot to be proud of in this great nation of theirs.
Alas again we hade to go and we said our fair wells. As a last parting gesture they gave us their brand new lawn chairs cause they were flying out later that night and couldn’t take them with them. Leaving town we once again felt we new a bit more about what it is to be American. Cool huh?
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