Key Biscayne Journal

Wednesday
4/2/97
Sunny 65
Sunny 83


Woke up around 7am and let the dogs out.
Made coffee as usual. Only today, I am in no hurry as I am on Vacation. Had three cups of coffee and some cinnimon rolls which I bought at the corner store. I was out of half and half. So, I had to go to the store at 7:15 am.

Spent the day lounging around the apartment consuming coffee and also a fine Cuban Partagas Cigar. What a treat!

Anyway, around 11:00 am, I packed for Florida and at 1:00 pm I showered and shaved.

Woke my brother up around 1:30 pm and we left for the airport around 2:00 pm.

Checked in at the airport and flew to Charlotte, North Carolina. The flight was quiet and uneventful and lasted about an hour.

Virtually right after my arrival in Charlotte, my flight to Miami began boarding. So, I boarded after waiting for only 5 minutes or so.

This flight was uneventful as well. However, there were three or four kids seated three rows behind me who were rather loud and one baby who was being, well, a baby.

It wasn't all that bad. But, there were moments when my blood pressure was elevated to uncomfortable levels.

Anyway, I arrived at Miami International and hung out at the airport with a paper and some coffee for about two and a half hours waiting for Steve to arrive from New York. This gave me plenty of time to pick up the rental car.

If you are going to be down in this area for any length of time, you better be well versed in spanish. Everyone speaks spanish here and I can see where you could run into some trouble not understanding many people.

Picked up Steve after his arrival and drove to Key Biscayne. What a feeling to be finally driving across the Rickenbacker Causeway. Palm trees lining the roadway.

Met Steves parents and then we walked across the street to a little place called La Careta for some Cuban food.

Walked back to the condo where we are staying and now we're just hanging out getting ready for our first day on the Key tomorrow.

Steves parents are leaving tomorrow. So, we will have the condo to ourselves after that.


Time to hit the sack.

12:00 am.