s/vYOLO Swab's Log Blog Day 233 Entry 0042 Celebrate like a local! 3

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Posting Date:  Friday, January 3, 2014  Day 233 Entry 0042
Weather:  Clear and breezy 80 degrees.  (Blizzard in NYC. )

Boot Key Harbor and Marina Mooring #W10 http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/government/departments/marina-and-ports/

Marathon in the Middle of the Florida Keys

Actual Date:  December 31, 2013 New Years Eve, Tuesday

Subject:  Celebrate like a local!  3

Locals in the Keys are referred to as Salt Water Conchs, while visitors are known as Fresh Water Conchs.   http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Key-West---The-Conch-Republic-223516.html

All the Salt Water Conchs I spoke to said they were staying home and watching the ball drop in New York’s Times Square.  GREAT!  One person even said that he was saving money to go to Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2014!   I didn’t have the hart to tell him it was 26 degrees today in NYC.  But they all said they had been to Key West at least once.  But the majority of people there were Fresh Water Conchs!  Both Captain Steve and I have been to Time’s Square on New Year’s Eve at some point in our lives.   Native New Yorkers, I think, only ever go once, just to be able to say they were there.  The vast majority of the celebrants are from out of town!  I suggested that we do the Conch Republic version of watching the ball drop, since we are Fresh Water Conchs.    Instead of a ball dropping to count down the year, Key West uses a giant conch shell, which descends from atop Sloppy Joe’s Bar!   http://sloppyjoes.com/index.php/conch-shell-cam/

This is getting better and better!  Better but not PERFECT!!!!!!! Yet!

Sea u later.  Celebrate like a local. 4