We arrived at Long Key SP Sat. Jan 4th. The weather was overcast but warm temps welcomed us, in the 70's. After setting up we toasted our arrival.
We were rocked the first night by strong gusts of wind which continued through the next day. That is what you get here in the Keys. Calm days and very gusty ones. We dug out our stakes to tie down the ground mat and always roll up the awning when you go to bed so you don't have to get out in your pj's in the middle of the night!
We met up some Michigan friends and spent the day catching up with them. Meeting up with our camping friends is a great blessing of our return travels to Florida.
Monday the winds stopped and the water was super calm. Took advantage of that to get the kayaks wet. The temp was 83o, make sure we use the sun block on this white northern skin! More people are hunting buoys it appears. We had to paddle out a long distance along the mangroves until we found any. But we persevered and picked up a few buoys with some rope and fishing net to decorate our campsite.
Last night the winds picked up again and it is gusty today. Temps have dropped to the 60's but we feel fortunate to be missing the arctic blast PA is getting.
Les has picked up a bunch of coconuts and is chopping into one as I write this. Maybe we will have coconut pancakes for breakfast tomorrow? Yum!
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