We were in Key West last week.  Here two of my sons are on Duval Street, preparing to explore the town.  Naturally they read Hemingway while there.

 

This is after snorkeling for a couple of hours on the coral reef. Barracuda, dolphins, sea turtles, every type of tropical fish, and coral like a rainbow.  Too exotic to describe.  Scuba next time.

 Smathers Beach, for which they imported the white sand.

 

Zachary Taylor Beach, which we preferred.  All told it was a grand way to start the new year–while trying to recover from the three years of overwork that the recession has brought to so many of us.  Well not only have we survived, we’ve prospered.  Now it’s time to share some of that with those less fortunate.