After a really exciting and fun show on Tuesday night, we were able to spend Wednesday enjoying Key West. We are staying in a beautiful resort – the Double Tree Grand Resort.
We all took advantage of the day off and slept in a bit. We met around 11am and took off for the main street, Duval Street, and the center of action on the island. Once we found a place to park, we found a place to eat! The Key West Cheeseburger was our stopping place. The weather was beautiful and we were enjoying the sunshine. Soon after our food arrived, the weather took a major change and it started raining – high winds and hard rain! We stayed at the restaurant for a while finishing off our meal….and coffee and dessert. The rain let up but didn’t stop so we ran across the street and picked up some rain ponchos. Ah, how attractive these colorful garbage bags are BUT they kept us dry!
The rain did eventually stop and the sun returned. Keith and Nolan walked on up Duval and down Greene exploring the area. Cindy and I decided to stop off at a few stores and check out the fashions. We bought a couple of things and then started toward the Mel Fisher Museum. This guy discovered the Atocha shipwreck filled with over 400 million dollars of treasure. The museum documents the find and showcases some of the treasure – amazing stuff!
We left the museum and walked toward Mallory Square. This is a really cool place, open on the ocean, where people gather to watch the sunset and see the street performers. We knew we would be coming back here tonight for sure. but, in the meantime, we sat down and took in the view of the ocean. Carter was excited about the birds – which are everywhere down here. Not just the seafaring kind, but Key West chickens are very famous!
After the three of us – Cindy, Carter, and I – enjoyed some time by the water, we met up again with Keith and Nolan and grabbed a late afternoon snack at another local establishment. Once done, we all walked back to Mallory Square where the crowds were beginning to gather for the evening sunset.
Nolan was roped into helping one of the street performers. Cindy and Carter walked around and took some GREAT pictures (which I’ll get posted on Flickr next week). I had the videocamera in hand and took some video of the performers and the surroundings. Keith watched Nolan entertain the crowd.
I saw a young lady magician doing some street magic as well as one of Key West’s famous performers, Gazo – another magician. I walked over to ask when the jugglers would be starting their performance and they greeted me with, “We really enjoyed your show last night.” The young lady magician did the same. It is really wonderful to have the support of the local performers here and it seems that most of them were in attendance the night of our performance. Now, we would be able to enjoy them!
We had a fantastic time and then took in one of the most beautiful sunsets we have ever seen!
The night was just beginning! We would head over to the Schooner’s Wharf later in the evening to catch a little magic from the local magicians. I’ll write more about that later. Gotta hit the road for Fort Lauderdale! We open at the Parker Playhouse on Friday night to another SOLD OUT audience!