Key West Street Parade Day

Like I said, we arrived safely last night. This morning we got up to check out the resurfacing we'd had done in the pool and found the new Porter Court Fantasy Fest mascot floating around in the pool! He's got his beads and a Bud Light. He's ready to party!

When we got up on Friday morning, we decided to go for a bike ride. The brakes on my bike weren't working right so we had to do a little bike repair first!

We had some new palms planted a little while back and now we have our own little compound going here.

On Friday, they have a street fair and a costume parade. It's really great. Duval is packed with people in some really great costumes.

This guy was dressed as a chicken. He's actually walking on his own legs.

This pooch came as a pink poodle!

Down at the 801 end of town, this drag queen was tossing beads from the window to the crowd below.

And the skeleton was blowing bubbles. I think this guy must like bubble baths?

Of course you could get a cocktail anywhere on Duval.

This wasn't even a costume! It's the real thing!

A lot of the buildings were dressed up, too. This is the top of Sloppy Joe's in the day.

This building was named "Fangoria". It's really the small bar next to Aqua.

They were tossing beads from windows at Fast Buck's.That's me in the front with the red cap catching some beads.

After a long, hard Duval day, we came home and relaxed on the deck!

We lit some candles and placed them around outside - it looked great!

And because it was Friday night, Chef Neal made me a wonderful dinner!

We had salad, steak with a fresh mushroom sauce, mashed red potatoes, and nice bottle of red wine from Grand Vin!

After dinner, we went for a walk and saw some more really great costumes. Check out the next post!