On the Road Again!

Now that flights have been booked and we are committed it's time to look for somewhere to stay on the first night. As usual I went to booking.com for answers and found a Motel 6 with free cancellation and no advanced payment. The reviews give it 7.4/10. It looks from blurb that many hotels like to take a deposit or even the full amount immediately on reserving a room, even if there's free cancellation. We had this before at the Blue Marlin in Key West where we stayed two nights and were about $300 out of pocket five months before going. It wasn't so bad as we still went. I know a lot of hoteliers don't like the free cancellations part of the system but to me it gives flexibility to the customer. If you're honest and give good service, then people will still stay with you. Car hire seems to have hiked a bit since October 2017 when we last busied ourselves over. Currently checking the booking sites to see what deal there are. With the chances of the timeshare being...

What is there to do in Key West? A lot as it happens and not all of it involves lying on the beach. After breakfast by the pool, we got ready to walk ourselves into the ground. Firstly the Ernest Hemmingway house and museum. Another $22 to get in each, but the guide Rusty took a small group around and made it enjoyable. Little tales about Ernest and the four wives. And the cats. Check it out for yourselves.. Google! Six finger cats. We have them at home on the Romney Marsh. And after a couple of hours we dragged ourselves into the hunt for the post office to send the laundry card back to Punta Gorda (!) and then lunch. We shunned the chains and went in Sippin' on the Corner of Duval and Eaton. Nice place, best coffee so far... And an artist painting their walls. I'll see if they are on Tripadvisor!! It was another long slog back. In about 90F everything for us is hard work. After a swim where I found out that the ground gets hot enough to burn feet! Left aqua  shoes in Weston....

TomTom had a rather lengthy time set to cover 30 miles or so and we couldn't believe he was right. He was. We arrived at the Blue Marlin about 5.15pm!! We weren't in long before we set off for what turned out to be four hours foot slogging around Duval Street to the top of the town and then back the whole length of Simonton to the hotel.  We passed the Southernmost Point beacon and queue! The long line for people wanting their pic taken. Not for me!!   You can see it right? One stop for ice cream and another for a beer in an Oirish Pub; the most Irish on there being Claire Brigid and her quarter Irish bloodline! Still Guinness at the same price as at home? Not to be turned down. The famed sunset didn't happen. Too much cloud. Our dinner was at a Chinese place up the street from the Blue Marlin.  Not bad as it happens. Then a damned long walk back to the motel for TV and bed!