Paddlers

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Calm days the kids like to head out for a paddle. Lowe is content to just kind of explore close to home and make up games in his head, while Ouest is wanting to go further afield. Both kids amaze me with their abilities on the water. They are so … Read More

Taco Life

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Slow down. Much of our family’s existence revolves around tacos. We love them in all shapes and sizes, with steak, fish, and chicken, both fancy and unadorned. This particular taco was fancy, and delicious. A small Argentinian owned place where the chef came out during the meal to ask if … Read More

Local Isla

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Ouest finally got a chance to try out the mermaid tail Santa brought her this year. I was surprised how quickly she got used to it, and how fast she was able to swim with it on. In a race across the pool she was taking me down. Playa Centro … Read More

Familia

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I arrived in Isla Mujeres on Saturday, followed by loads of family on Sunday. Ali’s mom, sister, niece, and nephew all flew in for a week of fun. Not sure what was going on here—one catamaran towing another, with a sail flapping wildly for at least an hour. Busted furling/stuck … Read More

Key West to Mexico

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So, we boogied on down to Key West in November, all amped up that we were getting a nice early start on the cruising season this year. And then we sat, and sat, and sat, in KW. The passage from Key West to Isla Mujeres is only 350 miles, but … Read More

Key West Christmas

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So after being woken up by the drunken drowned rats at midnight—and assuring the kids that the noise outside wasn’t Santa, but that he’d be coming as soon as they were gone—the kids managed to get back to sleep until our normal six a.m. When they came out it was … Read More

Christmas Karma

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We’re starting to realize that the Garrison Bight mooring field here in Key West is just one disaster after another waiting to happen. With gale force winds predicted, we knew there would be some fireworks around here, so it wasn’t much surprise to wake up one morning to find a … Read More

Niner

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The day before Ouest’s birthday Lowe woke with sores in his mouth and bumps on his hands. It didn’t take Ali long to figure out he had hand foot and mouth disease. Not a big deal, but really contagious, and enough to knock him down for a day or two. … Read More

Key West Lighthouse

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Went to see the Nutcracker. In all my years I’d never seen it, and somehow I didn’t even know it was a ballet, which I figure really establishes my credentials as a total rube. Good show, and both kids enjoyed it. That night when we talked about our favorite parts, … Read More

Candy Parade

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Working on Christmas cards. There is a distinct set of locals living out on the hook in Key West, and it isn’t hard to pick out their dinghies at the dock. Every time we spend time in the States I get the distinct feeling that children have fallen down to … Read More

Hemingway

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If you’ve never owned a boat you might not understand just how great a feeling washing your boat while at anchor is. If you have, then you know the immense difference between having salt on every surface, and a freshwater cleanse. The single best upgrade to a boat has to … Read More

Keys Sail

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Always fun to come across Wyland paintings while traveling. If you’re looking for a “hook” for your travel blog I offer you up the Wyland Whaling Walls Tour. One of the great things about our lifestyle is that we have friends wherever we go. Key West seems to be a … Read More