Yesterday, Monday, November 24, 2014, it was 85 degrees F with 7 mph east-southeast winds late morning, so I took the kayak up to the Budd Keys, some 20 miles east of Key West and a mile or two out in the Gulf of Mexico. On one of the keys there I found a perfectly clear lagoon–very pretty. Lots of birds, sharks and rays about on the flats–and no people other than me.