Tuesday, July 8, 2008

another sunset in paradise


day two in key west.
FROM SCOTT:
before dawn, there was a tremendous light show out over the ocean. lightning strikes every 5-10 seconds. huge thunderclouds illuminated by the lightning. beautiful. the day dawned with a cruise ship parked in our front yard and another one just down the road. they're even bigger close up. it was interesting watching them leave in the late morning, casting off their lines, then turning sharply to get out of this smallish area between islands. don't know where they were headed. today we learned a lot about the island's history (lots of cigar rolling) and some of the folks who have enjoyed it (hemingway, jose marti, frost, calvin klein (?) jimmy buffet, mother teresa (ok, maybe not her). spent some time in the morning at one of the beaches, then touring the island, then shopping (it's an olivia thing; she shopped while i sweated. it was really humid today, even though the thunderstorm off in the distance overnight was gone), refreshmenting (we found the starbucks), then dinner at the hard rock. liv still has a smile on her face. liv found an island she wants us to buy. it has a beautiful beach. holler if you want to contribute to the island fund. i think the asking price was only about $7 million.
FROM OLIVIA:
I WANT AN ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please? if each and everyone of you contribut like a dollar or two or 5 or 100 each time you look at this. i could do it in like a year maybe! o gosh.. thts an exciting thought! im gonna be really sad to leave here today but oh well.. i might be the only 14 year old to go from neah bay to hawaii to key west in 2 weeks. :) yay! haha i feel spencial.. i really need to pack my suitcases.. oh im officially starting a "lets get Olivia more suitcases so she can actually safely transport her items(clothes.. you souvineers) home!" fund. haha im just kidding. it was soo much fun shoppping! i have no idea why my dad was sweating.. it really wast that hot.. only like 90.:) see you all soon! like in.... 8 days and one hour not that anyone's counting haha buh bye!
TOMORROW: key west north along florida's atlantic coast as we begin the journey to washington, d.c. we'll probably try to stay at the white house for a few days.(YES!)


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