A Not-so Lazy Day After All!

Micky and I decided that today would be a lazy day. Just kinda hang around the campground and do nothing. Didn't work out that way.
Started off with a trip to the Big Pine Key Flea Market. This time of year most of the vendors have already packed it in. It does get hot down here at 24 degrees north!
We found the Orchid vendor on his last day of the season and I bought Micky another spectacular orchid and he threw in around seven potted herbs. We've still got the orchid we bought in March at the Home Depot in Bradenton.
We got some farm-fresh tomatoes and cucumbers and that guy was eager to leave so we practically stole them.
When we were traveling down here we went through several clouds of the infamous "love bugs". they call them that because invariably they are a mated pair in copulation when they smack into the windshield. Their earthly remains are a sticky and acidic mess! I used the truck windshield washer at the Snapper Creek Service Plaza, but the front of my Neptune was a total catstrophe of orgasmically-interrupted bugs. The campground host recommended Rain-X bug remover from K-mart. We dropped off the produce and cruised to the BigK in Marathon. That's the store with the huge whale mural. Bought the Turtle Wax brand and some windshield cleaner.
Waited for the sun to drop a little bit and began carcass removal. What a chore! Despite best efforts, the best way to remove them from the paint was to rehydrate the mess and scub them off. For the windshield glass, a credit card scraper worked best. Finally got it cleaned off and put our covers on.
Met Roy and Mary Crumpler from Alma, GA. He retired from the Guard as a civil servant and air traffic controller. Nice folks, just like everybody else you meet RV-ing.
Spent the evening with them after putting our new windshield covers and canvas on.
Lunch today was at El Siboney, a Cuban restaurant in Marathon. We'd eaten at the one in Key West and were not disappointed at this location. Micky and I passed around Pepper Steak and a plate of Ropa Vieja (Cuban shredded beef). Plenty left over for supper, too!
had another of Senor La Fe's fine cigars and watched the stars.

A very nice day!