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Just wondering as to the typical weather...

Are we talking slops and shirt and still sweat yer arse off???

Or is a longcoat or even short jacket overkill???

It's typically in the high 70s to low 80s at that time of year but it's also fairly humid. One year it was damned cold as a low moved through. The next, bloody hot. So dress like you're going on vacation in the tropics, because that's what it is. This is especially true if you're from the north. For example, on the Space Coast here we have 220 days of 80+ percent humidity. Key West is almost always humid and when it rains, it rains in buckets, not little sprinkles.

In the evening, coats work fine, though, as the weather cools. It's typically in the high 60s then.

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William's taking notes already... :lol::lol:


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:( Do I have to run around squishing bugs for you lot again!!


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There were very few flying bugs. Too windy. Red ants ...well ...that is another story ...i am bringing my benedryl!

Ah, the wonder of Florida's #1 non native pest... fire ants. Nasty buggers they are. There's also a pencil of stuff on the market that we use here on our acreage that takes the sting out of the bite immediately. It still boils up but you won't feel it any longer. A trip to the local pharmacies here will do the trick - it's usually in the bug spray section.

Thankfully, the fort is far enough away from the stagnant water pools where the infamous no-see-ums dwell so you shouldn't have a problem.

Lost a brand new tent to them on Sugarloaf Key last year - several thousand took the tent over in a rain storm while camping there. Easier to give up the tent then battle the buggers.

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  • Bon Vivant & Roustabout
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I seem to remember all the ant hills in Washington and how they would practically carry you off....Or was that the mosquitos???

Maybe I'll just work on a hammock-ala-maddog style for sleeping off the ground?

So basically it's "travel light and freeze at night" kinda stuff... No problem!

A couple shirts, a couple pairs of slops, some stockings and extra drawers and yer set!!

Not a problem!!

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And I have yer new cravat!


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Well put :ph34r: .... but then I thought you wanted linen and 18th century lace?


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Panicking? ...too much time between now and then to panic! :P

Although I am thinking that if it is as warm there this year as last I will not be a sutler or a servant I will be a harlot! ...no stays and I don't have to keep my hair covered.

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very fitting silkie...considering your expertise of "public chamise removal" i was a wittness too down in maryland recently :P

not that i minded of course ;) ...but that was under 30 degree weather ;) i wonder what all will come off if its tropically warm??? :P

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It could be warm or it could be cold.

Who would have guessed!?!? :rolleyes: snigger


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Hey when it comes to weather, I take the hour of.... <_<<_<


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Well, I for one will go out on a limb here and predict ...

NO SNOW!  :ph34r:

In regard to "no snow" ........ The last time I was in Key West, it hailed! (back in April '03) and there was about an inch of what could pass for 'snow' in some areas, along with the curbs awash with thunderstorm water. They said that it was the first time in 20 years that they had had hail. So with the weather you never know :ph34r:

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