What is After Key West or What Would Hemingway Do

We left Key West this morning and enjoyed the ride up through the Keys to the Hilton near the Ft. Lauderdale Airport to chill, good choice as the pool area is tropical. We will think fondly of the Keys and looked into a house rental for a week next year. The little nooks and hidden spots still take you back to the past of rum runners, wreckers, writers and generally off beat types. As I said earlier I like this place and tacky is there but another West is there also. Key West has survived a lot of things and will always I hope.

It was once the richest town in America and then during the depression the poorest. We found a little Bahamas style cottage with small pool and foliage that is tropical for next year at Historic Hideaways. Best yet I spent time with Lil totally un- stressed. Food was great and skies sunny. A great place to prepare for my most ambitious spring travel schedule ever, St. Lucia, France, Sweden & Finland & Iceland, then back to Provencal. Then down to St. Croix for a trip with the soon to be newly married Dennis and Denise Gogg. Hemingway once said,” Travel and writing broaden the butt, I write standing up.” I like both and it keeps me alive!