Jacqueline’s Jaunts

19 May 2025, Boyd's Key West Campground, Key West, Florida Jeeps– 5 Today is our last day in Key West. We leave tomorrow morning. We’ve had so much fun here; maybe we’ll be back someday. I sure hope so.  Barry and I headed downtown for some last-minute shopping. We visited Ron Jon's, CVS, and Local Color (my favorite boutique). We walked from Ron Jon's to Local Color and took a route we had not walked before. There's a wooden walkway we took along the water. It was in the shade most of the way, so I loved it. On the way, we passed Jimmy Buffett's Recording Studio, which we saw from the Trolley tour the other day. It's a white square building with stickers all over it.  When we finished our shopping, we went back to our RV. We ate leftovers for lunch, and Barry got the RV ready for tomorrow while I cleaned the inside and did laundry. I checked with J&K to see if they wanted to watch our last sunset in Key West, and they are in. Sunset was at 8:05 PM. I had pl...

Beginning of Kaibab Trail Jeeps-7 “There are many paths to a meaningful sense of the natural world.” (Blackfoot Proverb)  We left for the visitor center around 10:00 AM. The main goal was to get our Passport cancellation stamps and stickers. We also bought sammies for our hike down Kaibab Trail. It is a steep downward hike with three levels .9 miles to Ooh Aah Point, .6 miles to Cedar Ridge, and 1.5 miles to Skeleton Point...then another four miles to the Colorado River. We only went to Ooh Aah Point., well...almost. The rest of the group went to Cedar Ridge. This was a challenging hike, serious stuff at 7,000 feet.  This is what the trail looks like from the top I was worried about how far I would make it, but I would do my best. Unfortunately, my damn hips were giving me problems again. We almost made it to Ooh Aah, but it was starting to get warm, and I do not hike well when it is warm. I also had to use my inhaler, and it helped. The walk back up was uphill with switchback...