So I finally got my butt off the recliner and headed to the Starbucks to book my next abode\u2026\u00a0 I researched, and finally found a place that was almost reasonable.\u00a0 It is An Island Oasis.\u00a0 I got it on Priceline.\u00a0 I looked it up on Expedia and it said that there were no rooms\u2026\u00a0 they must have an exclusive with Priceline\u2026
\nAfter surfing for some time I finally get hungry.\u00a0 I decide that I want to get something to eat.\u00a0 I decide that I want to get something to eat.\u00a0 I read about this place called the Bayside Grill.\u00a0 It is supposed to have great food and have a great view.\u00a0 This sounds good to me.\u00a0 The guy at Starbucks tells me that it is 5 doors down.\u00a0 That should be easy.\u00a0 Well it\u2019s not.\u00a0 First of all Route 1 at this point is a divided highway so you have to be going south to get to it.\u00a0 It is on the Bay Side, hence the name\u2026\u00a0 the good news is that there are business in the median area.\u00a0 Most all of them have access to both north and southbound so you can sneak through\u2026 very convenient when you have to U-turn several times\u2026\u00a0 I first pull into the Bayside lodge\u2026 nope\u2026 keep going.\u00a0 I am crawling down the road trying not to be a great hazard\u2026 and I finally spot a sign for Bayside Grill parking.\u00a0 I quickly turn in\u2026\u00a0 I am in front of a strip mall and I can not find the sign that I just saw!!!\u00a0 I drive around a bit and there it is on the wall way up high.\u00a0 I park near the sign and start walking down the way\u2026\u00a0 well the way is way long so I go back and get the car.\u00a0 I drive 300 yards to the actual Bayside Grill parking lot\u2026\u00a0 I made it.\u00a0 I sit at the bar and order conch (pronounced konk) fritters and a burger.\u00a0 While I am there I talk to the bar tender about how hard it is to find the place.\u00a0 While I sit there he gets 4 phone calls on how to find the place.\u00a0 One guy has called 3 time and he is across the street!!!\u00a0 It turns out that the bartender does not really get it that you can only get to the place if you are traveling southbound\u2026
\nThe guy from the phone finally shows up and he is a bit of a dweeb\u2026\u00a0 him and his girlfriend are twenty something and not that bright\u2026\u00a0 one other thing is the girl has a nice dress on that probably distracted him :>
\nI ask the bartender if there is a local bar around that would be fun to hit.\u00a0 Key Largo ahs no clubs, just a few local bars\u2026\u00a0 he tells be about the Caribbean Caf\u00e9.\u00a0 It is supposedly where the movie Key Largo was filmed.\u00a0 He said that there are not too many fights there, but don\u2019t go out back or watch what people are doing on the picnic tables\u2026\u00a0 I feel really safe now\u2026\u00a0 he gives me directions, that are only slightly wrong.\u00a0 It turns out that the place is right down the road from where I am staying.\u00a0 I was going to walk, but it was further then I think.\u00a0 I grab the car.\u00a0 I park facing out for a quick get away\u2026
\nI have never seen the movie, Key Largo, but am pretty sure that it was filmed a long time ago.\u00a0\u00a0 Walking into this place confirms it.\u00a0 The place has NOT be updated in at least twenty years\u2026\u00a0 and neither have the people\u2026\u00a0 it is mostly locals so I fit\u00a0 right in\u2026 NOT.\u00a0 At first glance these people are the redneck\u2019s rednecks!\u00a0 There are long-haired hippy dudes, scary old drunks, large, not very intellengent looking people, one guy with a shaved head and a pony tail\u2026\u00a0 and of course bikers\u2026 hmmm..\u00a0 I look out back and see the picnic tables\u2026\u00a0 I don\u2019t see anything going on, but there are some people coming in that are high and drunk and who knows what else.
\nI order my na beer and make sure I put it in a cup.\u00a0 I stand out bad enough as it is\u2026\u00a0 I settle in at the bar and watch the people.\u00a0 As the initial shock wears off and I listen up, they seem like alright people\u2026 of course they are, people are people.\u00a0 This woman, Trish and her man Serge are standing next to me and she introduces herself to me.\u00a0 She lives down there and is nice to talk to.\u00a0 She has all her teef and a cute cowboy hat to boot.\u00a0 I talk to another guy who comes to the bar for a round for the table and he is also on the dole.\u00a0 He has been gone for a year and a half.\u00a0 He figured that if he was going to be unemployed, he might as well do it back home in Key Largo\u2026\u00a0 one other guy is a great welder that put in a spiral staircase in Trish\u2019s house\u2026 hmmm
\nI ask Serge about the band that is purportedly coming on at 10:00 and he tells me that they are really good.\u00a0 The problem is that it is already ten of\u2026\u00a0 no thump, thump of the drums\u2026\u00a0 turns out that the band was doing some old-folk wedding so they were a little late.\u00a0 They are actually pretty good, playing none other than southern rock!\u00a0 He lead singer looks like Charlie Danials.\u00a0 There is dancing and drinking (neither of which did I partake in) and more drinking.\u00a0 At around 12:30 I had seen all there was to see and headed out and call it a night\u2026\u00a0 tomorrow off to Key West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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