Well today we left our cozy suite at Marina Del Mar, and relocated to Lime Tree Resort which said it was in Islamorada, but is actually on the South end of a little village called Layton. As we came further south, it really started to seem like the keys. Bridges, islands, and visible water on both sides. This is really a beautiful place. Our latest landing spot, is a very quiet, older seaside resort in a very unpopulated area. My car is parked in front of the room 50’ from the ocean. I’m writing this under a tiki hut 25’ from the ocean, with a cool onshore breeze and a glass of Martini & Rossi Asti. Vickie is in a hammock suspended between 2 trees nearby. She just said I should stop and pick her up on the way back from Key West. This once again is something I just picked out from the Internet and turned out just about the way I pictured it. It is probably little changed in the last 40 years. Had a weird experience getting here today. The GPS insisted the place was abo ut 4 miles North of here. We pulled in and it looked like some kind of flea market. Knowing it was wrong, we returned to the road, and relied on the mile markers and finally found it. We were early so we asked where the Post Office was. (we wanted to mail our sweat pants home to make more room). We did the mailing, and then asked the lady where to get lunch. She directed us to the Islamorada Fish Co., which was a restaurant and seafood store. Dining was outside and the food was great. While there the lady beside us told us to check out Robbies’ where you could feed the Tarpon from the dock. She said it had been featured on 60 minutes. I thanked her, and after lunch we proceeded to look for Robbies’. As it turns out, Robbies’ was the exact same place we had pulled into thinking it was our resort (according to the GPS). We paid the $1.00 admission out to the docks, and really did see huge Tarpon just hanging around the dock. For $2.79, you could buy a small bucket of whole dead fish to feed them. We didn’t have to, because several fathers had already dutifully bought buckets for their children. The Tarpon literally climbed over each other to get the fish. Of course you have to run the pelicans off to keep them from snatching all the fish away from the Tarpons. It was amazing, and the fish were huge. I think Vickie got some good pictures. We left Robbies’ and headed back South to our resort. The room was ready so we moved in and hit the beach. No Internet here, so this will be a day late coming. We had a relaxing afternoon, and a good dinner at the Italian Fish Restaurant next door called Little Italy Seafood. We had a thunderstorm last night, and this morning we packed up and headed down the road after both voting NO to a tour of the as yet unstarted (only thing complete is a small boat dock) NEW Lime Tree Resort Condos starting at $800,000. After an absolutely gorgeous drive with the roof down, we arrived at Key West. What a great place. Now we’re back on the WiFi again. More later.
Wes and Vickie
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