The Hideout Restaurant - Key Largo

You can't miss this place...there is a huge sing on A1A.

One evening at the tiki hut two sisters staying at Key Lime Cottages mentioned this interesting restaurant that one of theirs husband always liked visiting in the past. On Fridays they have all you can eat seafood and all you can drink...Bud Light draft for $12.95. Well guess were we ate on Friday. The place is a hole in the wall just north of Key Largo way back in along the waterfront...you can't miss it by the huge sign. Plastic everything and if you want wine, bring your own as some did. The sign below tells you what you get, Grouper is the main fish served but Mahi is available for an extra cost. One thing I never had with fish before is beans. Their beans are great and I had seconds. The sign says 5 beers max, but they had to put that on the sign as they once got a group from Miami that stayed all night drinking...not the intention of the special. My beer cup was like a morning coffee cup, every time my beer was down a bit the waitress was around to top it up...Susanne cut me off quickly as I still had to drive us back to Key Lime...this is a must eat location if in Key Largo...George

Nice Thought

Pilot House Restaurant - Key Largo

Pilot house is actually right over the water with a great view of the marina.

It was our first time there for happy hour on an early Saturday evening. Our friends suggested it as it is their favorite place. Great atmosphere with live music and glass floor panel that are lit in the evening bringing in some interesting looking fish. The food is typical of pub fare but the fish offerings are tasty. So good we came back for more the next afternoon and to catch Sunday football which is seen on a number of large screens. NFL Sundays has a nice menu also including $2 beers. Oh the African Queen docks at the waterfront door during the evenings bringing guests over from the Holiday Inn...a nice touch. Our server was nice making our visit a nice experience...George

African Queen docks occasionally during the evenings.

The glass floor panels can be seen under the chairs.

Here we see the Sunday NFL specials. Conch fritters and boneless chicken wings.

Sunset Sail

The 47' catamaran is seen at dock prior to boarding on Sunday.

One of the freebies while staying at Key Lime Cottages was a sunset sail on Sunday. Since we were there 8 nights we actually got two sunset sails, the first night we arrived and the last one before we left. Paul was a great host on his 47' catamaran which is totally green including electric motors. If you ever take the sail it is best to sit in the cockpit since he has a lot of good stories to tell. Those up front missed out on them during our first sail. The crowd was large on our second sail plus his girl friend was along keeping him in line....George

Paul the captain of the boat and owner of Key Lime Cottages.

Our last Sunday at Key Lime and a last sail out on the bay.

Getting ready for the evening sail.

Coconuts

Susanne checks out a roadside stand for a few more ripe coconuts.

One thing there are lots of down in the Keys are coconuts....although we picked a few around our cottage Susanne decided to check out the 50 cent pile on our drive down to Key West. We brought home one for each of our grandchildren....George

Each afternoon while a small gang hangs around the tiki hut for drinks at Key Lime, William cuts some coconuts for us to taste the juice and the white meat inside.

On the way Home

Not sure if Ruby wants a look at these guys...could be gator treats.

One of our last stops in Florida heading north put us at a gas station with a tourist view of baby Aligators...we went in and checked them out...George

Don't believe the signs...no good T shirts at those prices.

Live baby gators.

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Weather Posting
Each morning Key Lime posted the days weather condition for anyone heading out into the gulf. This was the mid- week report for the first week in November...George

Key West or Bust

Not sure about the story...but this photo of a US Virgin Islands rum truck is seen in Key West...hope they used a boat...took this photo in the Keys on our way to Key West...George

Sailing Key Largo

Nautos was assigned to us for the 8 days we spent at Key Largo.

We stayed for 8 nights at Key Lime Sailing Club and Cottages at the beginning of the month. One of the benefits of staying is the use of a 22' sailboat. Each cottage is assigned a sailboat once arriving. We actually got one of the better boats which included roller-furling and a spot at the dock. Some guests had their boats on moorings requiring a ride out and back...George

Out for our last sail before heading for home. The wind was 10-15 knots daily out of the east with very little chop. The bay is about 7 ft. deep with it swallowing up to 4-5 feet once you proceed past the outer islands.

Heading to work in Key West

This photos says it all...I caught this guy leaving his home on our visit to Key West...George

40 years

The four of us were married the same day and year, 40 years ago today. Here we are spending our last evening in Key Largo on a Catamaran sunset sail on Sunday two weeks ago.

Today we spent the day celebrating our anniversary with our family. An interesting thing though when we were away in the Florida Keys we spend a day sailing with a couple we met. To our surprise we both have the same anniversary date and year, our 40th. All the best and happy anniversary to our Florida friends Joyce and Walt...George