Early starts are a recurring theme on this holiday as are days filled with doing nothing. I belive it is better know as relaxing! The downside is that it leads to a very boring blog.
So our day went like this. After getting up we managed to move ourselves from the room down to the pool. Then to recover from the strenuous 10 metre walk, we had to spend a while lazing on a lounger in the sun. Needs must!
Getting peckish we decided to head about 5 keys up, back to Big Pine Key. Being one of the bigger towns in the area we were hoping to find a restaurant for lunch. Whilst getting shopping Theo noticed an outlet next door called Bealls. Never heard of it before but a quick nose inside showed it to be similar to TJ Maxx. Definitely worth a browse. As usual the boys found nothing but I managed to find a pair of denim shorts!
We didn’t see any interesting lunch spots so decided to head back to a restaurant we had passed by on the journey down. Didn’t know the name but it looked good. Situated at the roadside and boasting a straw roof it was easy enough to find again and that’s how we ended up at Boondocks.
There was no shade in which to leave the car and with the temperature a warm 32 degrees we hastened towards the dark interior of the bar. Inside instead of windows, multiple tv screens adorned the walls showing everything from baseball to football, sorry soccer, the air being cooled by the breeze rather than airco. I loved this place already and that was even before we had eaten. Lunch was typical sports bar fare. Onion rings to share, pulled pork & burgers with fries and we managed to squeeze in a pudding too.
Having eaten far too much, it was back to the hotel to spend another few hours pool side. And that was pretty much all we did for the rest of the afternoon and evening. We are being literally forced into doing nothing.
By 21:00 darkness was descending, time for lights out as we have an early start in the morning.
Sun, Sea & Surf 