Back to Normal

We're back! And the Barnhart Barista & Group Therapy is resuming it's normal schedule.

We spent a very windy week in Key Largo. Even though we were at the other end of Florida, hurricane Ida still had its effect on the weather. the winds were usually 20-30mph until the day before we left, keeping all water activities at a standstill.
But we made the best of it by starting every day with a champaigne breakfast at Mrs. Macs restaurant and ending with some fantastic seafood dinners.

A trip through the Everglades on Tuesday let us see some things you just don't get to see in Indiana. Crocodiles, alligators & even a manatee, at least I think it was a manatee. What we actually saw was a rather large motionless hump floating in the bay that periodically had a couple nostrils pop out of the water in front (I think it was the front) of it.

Susie had a close encounter with a couple of artistic dolphins when she got to paint with them. The dolphins did the painting and Susie was the easel. It was a conceptual piece between the 3 of them and rather abstract in nature. She then got to rub their belly and received a gift from one of them.

I got to do the classic "tourist pose" in front of the world's largest lobster named Betsy. I thought I was being clever until I saw another lady doing the exact same pose 2 days later as we drove past.

I also got to be a parrot perch for a parrot that liked to give "kisses". So after being told that parrots can exert up to 1000 pounds of pressure with their beaks, to see a very large bird come walking up your arm toward your face is very exciting!

We also found the original African Queen that is kept in the harbour by the Holiday Inn in Key Largo.

Even though the sign says you can still book cruises on it, I kind of doubt it's seaworthiness.