On the Beach part 2   Key West

There was a light house sitting across the street from Hemmingway’s house, and it is reported that he often remarked that it didn’t matter how messed up he was when leaving Sloppy Joe’s bar, if he could see that light he could find his way home. I’ve seen the times that I wished I’d had a lighthouse in the neighborhood.

There is a big old coral reef about 12 miles out of Key Largo, in the Atlantic Ocean, so we went out to see it on a glass bottom boat. They told us when boarding that there were 3 ft waves at the reef and suggested taking Dramamine, so Avon did. When we reached the breakwater it turned out that there were 8 ft waves out there. That’s when Captain Bob decided to punch it. There were about 50 passengers around the 2 viewing wells at that time and within 2 minutes there were 6. I watched people turn green and head for the deck rails. I didn’t realize that green would show up on African- Americans – but it does. The most exciting color came from 3 Chinese passengers; they literally turned chartreuse. One of them was even neon chartreuse, and he glowed. Avon didn’t get seasick, but she was bounced as much as a foot off her seat. She said that was her last boat ride ever.  

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