Just because we bought a more expensive boat doesn't mean we aren't frugal (cheap). We walked two miles from the marina to the main gate of the base to catch the bus to Key West. Once there we spent all afternoon on Duval Street.

Duval is T-shirts, trinkets, local artists, bars, and more T-shirts with dirty sayings. But it also has the oldest house in Key West, a good assortment of art galleries, good restaurants, and enough other things to keep a person occupied. After a good lunch and more walking we took the bus back to the base and walked to the marina.

The 22nd we planned to go see Michael McCloud, the laid-back singer I enjoy at the Schooner Wharf. However, the dockmaster at the marina called to say he was sick and wouldn't be playing today. The dockmaster's husband plays steel drums and was asked to fill in for Michael. Small world. We'll still take the hike and bus to hear him and also tour the museums and stuff at Mallory Pier.

Well we did as planned, hike to the gate, bus to town. Went to the Court House Museum which had many good exhibits. A small Hemmingway exhibit which focused on his time in Key West. Then a great exhibit of Guy Harvey's early pencil drawings that told the story of "The Old Man and the Sea." Wow, to think his earliest works were fantastic pencil sketches.

After two hours at the museum, we walked over to the Schooner Wharf Bar to hear Dave Herzog and Chuck Fox as the Island Time Band. They play guitar and steel drums and do a lot of 70s music and island music. Very little Jimmy Buffet. They were good and we ran into Ross and Jean Goodrich from Redding, CA. They are the couple that I listened to Michael McCloud with last year for 3 days. This was there second day on Key West and they wondered if I was going to be there.

Karen and I walked up to the band stand and I said I didn't want to sit in the first row of tables and started to look around and Ross looked up and said we should join them again this year. Really good to see them again even if we didn't get to listen to Michael.

We need to get up on the 23rd to pump up the dinghy, fill the water tank, empty the "other" water tank and do laundry before leaving the marina before noon. The real test will be if Michael will be playing tomorrow. We will see.