We left our Marathon, Florida summer quarters this year at the end of October.
Before we left, we went to the big, week long end of summer Fantasy Fest celebration in Key West. This celebration comes at the end of October and is held during the quiet time in Key West when all of the summer tourists have left and before the winter snowbirds arrive. It is an amazing gathering and has some unbelievable sights.
The City closes the entire 1 mile length of Duval Street to vehicle traffic and then the crazies arrive along with a whole bunch of street vendors.
There are amazing costumes of ALL sorts!!!
There were also interesting things to eat. How about a smoked turkey drumstick or some alligator on a stick???
There were a lot of people with interesting paint jobs.
Mermaid??
Peacock????
Fred Flintstone and 2 witches
Tiger Lady
There were a lot of creative ideas out there but this guy had one of the best. He was quite old and was in a wheel chair. He had several assistants dressed in hospital scrubs.
He is operating a "Yes Ma'am O Gram" and was offering free mammograms.
His assistants in the hospital scrubs would contact women as they strolled down the street and explain the need for a "Yes Ma'am O Gram" and many of the women gladly participated.
The procedure was for the old man to put the small end of the device up to his eyes. He would then peer through the cardboard tube and the assistants would place the other end of the cardboard "Device" over the woman's chest. When everything was in place, the women would lift up their tops and expose their breasts to the device. When they did, the flashing blue lights would light up and spin and the old man would REALLY smile.
Genius!!!
There were al lot more crazies out there and we have pictures we would be happy to share but they are more explicit. Click HERE and we will send those out individually in an e-mail.
More to come soon,
Tom & Suzie
I love this blog of yours! You do such a good job with your pictures and narratives that it's almost like I'm on a road trip. Keep 'em coming, please. I really loved the infantry museum. What a great design and way to present the wars our country has been involved in. Thanks so much for sharing! This is Linda, by the way. And, Suzie, I love my coconut! I have a little something for your birthday I made, so when you get a chance, let me know of an address where you'll be for a while so I can get it to you ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow, that is very "interesting", especially the old guy and his device!!!
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