Happy New 2012 Year!

Happy New Year!  Hope this year is a great one for you!

It has started off well for us.  We arrived at Key West on December 22 and intend to be here for another 6 weeks.  I don't know why the weather is so unseasonably warm here, but we are very thankful for it and enjoying it immensely.

Adam and Kelly were with us for Christmas and we enjoyed a quiet time together here in the Roadrunner exchanging gifts.

It is our tradition on Christmas morning to have breakfast of orange juice and sweet rolls before/while we are opening presents.

It seems like many folks have traditions also.  Or they open presents at other times than Christmas morning.

How about you?  Do you have traditions?  When do you open presents?

After that, we decided to go into Key West and see what was going on.  A lot of the shops were open on Christmas Day which surprised us.

And some cruise ships were docked at Mallory Square.  Interestingly enough, the ship have to leave the dock two hours before sunset so all the folks can enjoy the daily sunset celebration there.  We have heard about it and may go back down there in the next couple of days to check it out.

We signed up for the Christmas potluck back at the RV office and Kelly baked some great cupcakes.  When we arrived 10 minutes before 2:00 PM.  Yikes!  There must have been 200 people there! We got a little bit of an anxiety attack - the place was very crowded to say the least.  And I didn't see anywhere with four places at a table.  So we opted to pass it up.

Instead we cooked some pork tenderloin on the grill along with some zucchini and vegetables.  Adam sautéed some kale and we had dressing and cranberry sauce.  Definitely a different Christmas meal but it hit the spot and was a memorable one.

Later we played ladderball at our campsite and did some reading and enjoyed a quiet evening.

Hope your time during the holidays was nice and you were able to be with friends and family.

We are enjoying it tremendously here in Key West.  It is in the mid-70's or low 80's although it is supposed to get cooler in the next few days.  There are a lot of interesting things here in Key West and things to do.

Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!  Until next time...