Greetings from the Florida Keys!

Well I gotta tell ya - It's all good down here! Having fantastico time. Wish you were all here. Cheers!

Maybe I could fit in a tiny bit more.

Several of my friends have contacted me just to let me know how beautiful the snow is back home. I am so glad you are all enjoying it. This of course increases the odds that I will get snowed out of Logan airport and be forced to stay down here in the beautiful tropics for an extra day or two. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

The Keys really are something else. I've been to the West coast of Florida, California, Tahiti, Queensland, Austrailia, New Caledonia, the Bahamas, the Dutch Antilles, and several other exotic tropical places, and I must say the Keys holds up to the best of them. The water, climate is just gorgeous.

Our cottage is great. My sister and her husband have been very gracious and are really showing us a good time. They are nautical people and we've been fishing and boating daily.
Tonight we had a fresh snapper fish fry (courtesy of my kids beginer's luck fishing) with about ten of their friends. Everyone brought side dishes. Of course you all know that I don't cook, but I can assure you Sparky did not let us down. He made homemade french fries and sweet potato fries. Delicious!

So far we've been snapper fishing, barracuda fishing, shark fishing, bait- netting, snorkeling, swimming, speed boating, fed tarpons (big fish), and it's only the third day!

We do like this place and will probably come again for two weeks next year.

Tomorrow we plan to drive to the end of the keys - Key West. There are lots of little shops, restaurants, etc. On Thursday my sister is taking us to one of the islands in the Everglades National Park system ( which is where we are staying). She says the park rangers give a good tour of the island. We'll be treating to dinner that night at a Brazilian Steakhouse near here which is supposed to be very good. My sister had been feeding us too well, and I'm glad I had lost a few pounds before I came.

Oh, guess what? Iced Green Tea is Great!

That's all I've got for now. You all enjoy the snow. I really do believe it looks pretty, and I do love New England. Cheers! LPK