Key West - Rain, Rain Rain...

None of these big guys went out today

We have encountered our first "river of rain" this year. Last year on our return trip we encountered weather where we might be located 1/2 way up the coast and a band of rain, perhaps only 30 miles wide, would flow like a river, moving along the direction of the band of rain. Just north of us and just south of us was rain free but we were in the middle of the rain river - usually all day long. Well, that's what we seem to have now except it's centered on Key West and flowing right over the top of us, all day long. The added interesting point for us is that we have a dog that needs to go out every once in awhile, so it's the full wet suit for me  but Hoolie just has his fur. For a water dog, that's not too bad - his coat sheds water like a duck.

Wyland mural - all around Key West

Many of the stores and restaurants are closed around here. BO's Fish Wagon was closed, they really don't have much of a roof and no sides at all, I don't think Schooner's is much better. Key West mostly closes down with this type of rain. However, we can't complain since this is the first rainy day we've had since we left PYC in September. We have plans to go sailing on Monday but it looks rather doubtful given that the forecast for Monday is the same as for Sunday. We'll wait and make our final decision at 9:00 am Monday. I'll have a dinghy to pump out in the morning!