Gypsies in the Palace!

Lay Day: Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Florida Keys, Mooring Ball D2, MM 1195.0

L/L: 22 42 43N 081 05 40W

Weather: mostly cloudy; high in the mid 70s low 70;  N  20 knots,higher  gusts; overnight showers again

Comment: Gypsies in the Palace! That’s right, the Parrot Heads in Paradise are having a Meeting of the Minds in Key West this week. We hopped the bus to check out the action and there was plenty of it, even though we didn’t have tickets to the main event(s).

Part of Duval Street was closed; a stage was erected; various bands played until who knows when. After lunch at Margaritaville, we paused to listen for a bit. COme to think of it, we pause to listen after a visit to the Federal Building where I applied for a replacement social security card. My original card was destroyed right in my own wallet years ago. Probably because it got wet from a dunking at one time or another.

The Parrot Heads are a funny group using whatever excuse they can for donning all kinds of unusual hats, glasses, shirts not to mention other gear that they carry or pull along (decorated coolers foe instance) beside themselves.  Most of the folks we saw were probably in their 50s and 60s and they were having FUN!

Parrotheads on Duval Street

Landshark

One of the bands performing on stage in the middle of Duval Street