Heard a Rumor about Key West

[aprilgail2]

I hope they don't stop the Key West stop, it was the main reason I booked the Western! I like port days more than at sea days and I am really looking forward to seeing Key West, I have wanted to go there for many years!

 

[disneygal58]

Shirley,
Thanks for sharing your memories. I love the heart and soul of Key West - you can feel it and you can see the energy meandering through her streets. It would be a great loss to lose that Port of Call.
By the way, I have an interview in Melbourne next week - we may soon become neighbors!

Much Love and Affection to you and Norm,
Dawn Hope

 

[webray]

I hope it isn't true.....Key West stop was one of the reasons we booked the 7 night western.

 

[jgalecpa]

Dear Shirley,

I loved the President Truman story!.

When my mom was about 19 (this would be about 1949) she worked in a department store in Washington DC on 7th St. The White house is 9 blocks away (1600 Penn Ave).

Many days, she would tell, the shop girls would wait outside to greet the president on his near-daily constitutional walk.

Unfortunately, a few years later, Puerto Rican extremists tried to assassinate Mr. Truman (a secret service agent was killed) and thus ended our routine access to Presidents.

Jim

 

[Buckaroo's Dad]

Hi Jim.

Unfortunately, a few years later, Puerto Rican extremists tried to assassinate Mr. Truman (a secret service agent was killed) and thus ended our routine access to Presidents.

I agree. It's a shame when a social intimacy with our elected officials is lost. The result inadvertently turns assassins into pathetically viable alternatives...

 

[LG123]

All of your stories are so fasinating. I have not been to Key West yet but I am sure that there will be nothing there that can't be seen elsewhere. You cannot shelter your children but teach them right and wrong and instill them with great moral's and let them lead their own way. Parents can come up with some very interesting and creative explainations for when young children see things that are "adult oriented"! If you ever saw the movie Parenthood you would remember the electric ear cleaner! So, don't make a big deal over things your children are too young for and they will quickly forget about them.

Shirley - Good luck with you uncle's affairs. I know how hard and long of an ordeal it is to settle an estate. I am going through that right now with my mothers.

BD - You are always making me laugh. Thanks for you insight and humor.

Happy Cruising!

Lori