Susan Smith
01/04/2012, Boot Key Harbor City Marina mooring E4

Day__, December 31, 2011
New Year's Eve we started the day by listening to the 'Cruisers Net', which comes on over VHF channel 68 every morning at 9AM. Their agenda is multi purposed: to introduce boats new to the Boot Key Harbor community and bid farewell to those leaving; to give general announcements of daily happenings, such as spanish and yoga lessons, get togethers; to connect the community to service people they may be searching for; to buy, sell, trade anything; and to train our brains with trivia questions. Very useful. They are starting another Cruisers Net at night where people can chat back and forth about common issues. Today, on this show, they announced a New Year's Eve get together at our marina Tiki Hut, so we took an appetizer and went over at 7! Lots of fun, many people. Before this get together we visited by dinghy the Dockside Bar and Restaurant. This is a colorful place where locals go. We did have a delicious home made Bloody Mary and considered going back for New Year's Eve prime rib. Ultimately, we decided the Dockside dinghy dock was too small to go back to on this holiday eve, in the dark, so, after the Tiki Hut party, we walked just across the street to Annette's Lobster and Steak House for a quiet dinner!! We were both tired, for some reason. So, after a fruitless search for a live feed of the crystal ball drop in Times Square, we fell asleep by 10:30!! Hark: we were awakened at midnight by conch blowing and fireworks!
Happy New Year to Everyone!!!

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Brooke Smith
01/03/2012, Boot Key Harbor City Marina mooring E4

Well Susan is still procrastinating on her blog for 12-31 and 1-1-12. So I'm fielding 1-2 and 1-3. It's all about weather today. Yep Suz just canceled our reservations at Blackwater Falls Lodge in Davis, WV. It was 9º at 3PM. I have been going to Canaan Valley,WV every year since 1972. Until 2012. So, now I sit in Marathon with the temperature at a near low record. It's 55º as I write this!. When we were in Key West and took a tour bus, it was exclaimed that Key West had never been lower that 41º EVER! Key West is 49 miles south of where we are. So, it might get in the upper 40s tonight. Figures - we take a once in a lifetime boat trip and the temperature is hovering around an all time low and it's been windier than anyone can remember. Today we caught up on mail via my Brother, Eddie. And started sanding another door and Susan caught up on many little tasks.
We are Hemingway territory and like Hemingway are writing AFTER happy hour. Alcohol gives clairvoyance in expressing ones self in print. And sometimes in a bar via speech. Or at least that's what we were told in Key West. So, we are trying out blogging under the influence. I don't think that's against the law YET.
I'm starting a novel write now. (See how clever "write" instead of "right")
Let's see a good title for my novel. "THE OLD GAL AND THE SEA". nope too sexist. "THE SUN ALSO SETS" That could work. Attached is the cover to my new novel. Hey the sunset even looks cold.

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Brooke Smith
01/02/2012, Boot Key Harbor City Marina mooring E4

Well. Susan is going to actually type the 12-31-11 and 1-1-12 Blog. BUT, I HAVE GOOD NEWS Susan found my good camera today. So the photo I'm attaching is from my good camera is our great Christmas Eve dinner at the "Green Turtle Restaurant in Islamorada. TURDUCKEN is the dish. Turkey stuffed with Duck stuffed with Chicken.

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Brooke Smith
12/31/2011, Boot Key Harbor City Marina mooring E4

And of course. Sunset at the famous Mallory Square in Key West

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Brooke Smith
12/31/2011, Boot Key Harbor City Marina mooring E4

Key West Chickens. Some ordinance told Key West residents they could not keep chickens in cages on their property. So they just let them go. And now of course they are protected...

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Brooke Smith
12/31/2011, Boot Key Harbor City Marina mooring E4

Sloppy Joe's Bar

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