Wedding in Cabo

The wedding today was right out of a brides book or a romantic novel. Blue sky, white sand, blue water with shimmering crashing waves. The flowers, the candles, the dresses, the food, the table linens, the champagne flutes, the ambiance and beautiful villa and of course the attractive wedding party and beaming parents!

Ian shuttled the girls over at 1, returned shuttled the men over at 2, returned and shuttled the parents and grandparents over at 3. The vans came for the guests at 4 and I looked around and saw Ian running through the lobby in his shorts and t shirt. He had returned to get the father of the grooms pants because he forgot them, (4 trips in ALL) and he still had not showered. He was not frazzled. Continue reading

Saturday in Key West

IMG_0249.jpg Today is gorgeous weather and Key West is hosting their annual seafood festival. Martha has her GPS loaded with assorted geocache way-points to search out while on route to Key West. It’s a great day for a motorcycle trip and thankfully no cruise ships are scheduled to be in port today and flood the KW streets with tourists. Lots of pictures after the break. Continue reading

Burrr… it’s Cool Here

Sparky's LandingWe arrived to Key Colony Beach to experience their coldest weather snap in about 20 years. The water is so cold (52F) in this area, some of local fish are dying and the iguanas are dropping out of the trees in a state of suspended animation. The forecast calls for lows in the 40’s but warming up to normal later in the week. We got everything unpacked and did our initial grocery shopping, with a stop at our local pub for happy hour festivities. Continue reading

Snowbirds Day 3-4

IMG_0031We had a leisurely breakfast this morning in Orangeburg SC and I was determined to find a car wash to get all this salt off my bike, trailer, and pickup. We got directions for this cramped multi-bay car wash that turned out to be an obstacle course for trailers. Low and behold, after weaving my way in, the car wash pipes were frozen but the owner “expected them to thaw out around 1pm”. Continue reading

Snowbirds Cross the Mountains-Day Two

The roads through the “Mountain State” (WV) were extremely slippery today. We discovered the importance of the sign Watch for Ice on Bridge. Tom did a fantastic job keeping the truck and trailer (mostly) between the white lines but it was white knuckle for about 5 hrs today. The temp was -6 with a steady icy mist going through the mountains so I am so glad we came through unscathed. When we passed through the last tunnel in Virginia and started down that steep hill into North Carolina the sun came out and we donned our sunglasses. As we continued south we watched the temperatures go from minus to positive and finally the wet salty roads were thankfully behind us. We stopped at Orangeburg, SC for the night and will head into Florida tomorrow.

Snow Birds Day One

We got up this morning at 7, threw the totes in the box hitched up the trailer, did last minute house preps and were on the highway by 9. Yeah, let the winter retirement vacation begin! We made a pit stop in Windsor and got a receipt to validate our departure date. The customs officer at the border was friendly and the tollbooth operator did not charge us for the trailer. We decided to try the eastern route this year and at Toledo turned onto the Ohio Turnpike and down Hwy 77. The roads were wet but well salted and the traffic not too bad. Continue reading