Lunch today was at a unique restaurant in Key West, Blue Heaven, with our friend Jean. As you can see this spot features the laid back atmosphere of the Keys. The dirt floors and several roosters wandering about makes you feel as if you are in your own backyard.
Key West is being inundated by Fathom Yachts – there are three right now in Key West area (2 in Stock Island). Considering there are only about 15 or 16 in existence (and most of those on the west coast) that's a lot in one place. Our Kismet along with Sea Venture and Wishing Star are all proudly representing HarborView Yacht Sales (www.harborviewyachtsales.com ) in the Keys this winter.
Key West Yacht Harbor is on Stock Island (the next island up from Key West), just a hop skip and a jump from where all the action is in downtown KW. We've used several modes of transportation to and from downtown, bus, dinghy or vehicle but sometimes it's just nice to hang out in the peace and quiet at the marina pool or beach. It's also a good spot to dinghy around when we need to get off the boat.
Because we use our boat to mostly travel from one destination to another we consider this exploration cruising so we don’t do much in the form of leisure boating once we get to port. After a long haul, moving frequently, it’s nice just to sit and relax in the current location. So when we asked Jeff and Denise, friends from Michigan and fellow boaters who were in Florida on vacation, out for a leisure cruise around Key West we were…
The is a perfect example of the laid-back lifestyle down here in the Keys. Need I say more?
Dinner tonight was on Rick’s boat, Wishing Star (a Fathom boat just like ours). Rick is a fabulous host and cook, he prepared the ultimate feast for his friends. (Bottom left to right: Rick, Jeff, Denise, Jeff and Jim.) Thanks Rick!
Mike and Lynne's visit just "whet our whistle" for a taste of home. When you’re on the water, in our case for 5 years, and end up staying in one place for any period of time it eventually starts to feel a little like a home away from home for us. In the case of Key West it’s a "twofer" – this place is magnet for boaters, a lot of whom we’ve met along our trip adventures, as well as…
Every day has been more like a vacation for us as we continue to do the tourist things with Mike and Lynne like taking in a Mallory Square sunset, a tour of Duval Street and a walk through the Truman Complex.One night we happened to catch the Victoria Secret Spring Break Party at Mallory Square. It was fun being in the midst of all that young enthusiasm and youthful vibration.However, the best part was being with Mike and Lynne was…
When you’re on the water, in our case for almost 4.5 years, and end up staying in one place for any period of time it kinda feels like a home away from home for us. In the case of Key West it’s a "Twofer"... this place is magnet for boaters, a lot of whom we’ve met along our journey, as well as friends from home trying to escape the drudgery of winter to soak up some sun.Our ex-neighbors, very good…
Because we’re docked on Stock Island without a car we have to either take a cab ride ($20 each way), ride the bus (50 cents each way with the senior discount) or take the dinghy into town. It’s about a 4.5-mile one-way trip and we’ve taken all of these transportation options, mostly the bus, but today we wanted to explore a suspected shortcut by dinghy and make it an excursion.After looking over the charts we headed out from the marina,…
While at Albertson's the other day, I (Jim) ran into Scott and Cindy Perkins (bottom-left), who were moored on their sailboat, Chip Ahoy in Key West’s Garrison Bight. We first met them while doing the Loop in 2006, they are fellow Michigander’s and Cindy is a contributor in both of our books (When The Water Calls...We Follow and Women on Board Cruising – favorsventures.com). We decided to meet for lunch a few days later at our favorite Cuban restaurant El Siboney. We had…
