Key West vacay, Day 3

Awoke to rain and that damned rooster. While checking out, I learned a bit about the history of our guest house. It was originally an estate, but for the past sixty years, it was a hotel called Big Ruby's, which catered to gay men. The name was only recently changed to Cabana Inn and that week had begun expanding their marketing to Adults Only.  There was a nice mix of couples while we stayed there.

We left Key West in a pouring rain and stopped at Hogfish Grill on Stock Island for lunch. It was an open-air bar/restaurant by a fishing boat dock. We got lobster bisque, hogfish tacos, and a hogfish sandwich. The gray cat slept on the ledge:

We continued on Hwy 1. Took a detour to the Key Deer Preserve and were rewarded with deer sightings:

We arrived in Marathon, where we'll stay the next four nights. We're staying at the Kingsail Resort, which is really a modest motor hotel with boat docks and  kitchenettes and is just perfect for us. We checked out Sombrero Beach, about two miles away. Then to Publix, the liquor store, a roadside place for fresh corn and tomatoes, and the seafood market for shrimp. The girls whipped up a delicious batch of guacamole and frogmore stew, which we ate by the dock:

Sleepy girls, early to bed!