Key West Vibes

Just to tie up loose ends - it seems St. Kitts is cleaning up after days and days of rain (it was still drizzling this morning). They had over a foot of the wet stuff, and I heard some rather harrowing stories come out of there. Like one from my friend who had to swim in over 15-foot seas to save his 42' power catamaran after it snapped its mooring. He was at sea for over 3 hours before he attempted to come near shore, past the breaking waves, and get the boat inside a marina (and hope there was space). Unfortunately, his smaller powerboat broke its ties too and hit some rocks on the beach. Cha hing. Luckily no lives were lost due to TS Rafael. Electricity and water supplies are still coming back online. I sure hope that was it for the season.

Here in Key West, as a big week dedicated to partying gets ready to begin (tomorrow), I've had a chance to read the local news here and there and thought I'd call out some of the stories that seem to capture the vibe of the lifestyle down here.

There's the bank robbery that just took place by a 53-year-old, recent parolee (in before for doing the same thing - twice!) wearing a purple baseball cap and loud tourist shirt, who "escaped" on a bicycle and was found enjoying himself at a local bar.