The Day After

Saturday we woke up fresh and ready to go albeit with my rash that was going to make walking around pretty painful for me. We spent the day shopping for the essentials we needed including hats & suntan lotion at Ron Jon. We also stopped by a souvenir shop and picked up some tiny Mile Marker 0 decals for our bikes. At 11:00 am it was time for another meal, fish tacos at Key West fish & chips. This place has a nice little shaded area and the food is prepared and served out of a food truck. Good food and great value.

Mimosas at Willie T's

We moved on back down Duval to Willie T's for some Mimosa's. Not that we are big on Mimosa's, it was more about the opportunity to send a couple of pics back to the wives of us enjoying ourselves. Too many mimosas will do me in so, we kept it classy and moved on after about 4 of them. Time for some more shopping. This time we wandered into Graffiti's a place for swimwear if you're into European style swimwear.

Probably Eastern European swimwear

Are you a lefty or a righty? 

Ok, it's primarily a shop for more of the gay lifestyle, there's some adult stuff for sure.  However, I'm a Floridian now, a cruise lover, and someone who enjoys shocking people as I care less and less every year I age. European swimwear works for me.  Jim didn't buy anything in Graffiti, I'm guessing his Spartan Alum would have found out and taken his "Go white, go green card".  Instead, he bought a pair of Costa sunglasses made of recycled material. He lost them two weeks later.

Jim, here's a pic of you and the glasses you lost a week later

Midday Saturday was spent watching the drag races in front of Bourbon St Pub. It was pretty hot out during this event, not sure how they do it in drag with the whigs and makeup. However, it was great fun and the entire street was lined with cheering spectators. I believe they hold this event often in Key West so be sure to check it out when you're in town.

Drag Races on Duval St.

We left Duval and went back to our rooms where we changed into our swimwear and made the obligatory trek down the street to Dante's. From the Heron House Court, it's about 3 blocks to Dante's and the Marina.  As expected, Dante's was full of people partying and having a great time at the pool. We bought a handful of beers sat in the water and enjoyed the people watching. It was here that we also ordered our only fruity drinks of the weekend, Strawberry daiquiris. After a couple of hours, we left to get ready for dinner and another run at Duval St.

Good times at Dante's

Normally good BBQ isn't what you think of when in Key West, but a new place near the hotel had just opened The Dirty Pig and was getting good reviews.  We dropped in and had some pretty good ribs. It was a very New Orleans style atmosphere and they had a great band playing so we stuck around for a few drinks as well. Overall a very good experience. We capped off the night with drinks on Duval where I ended up on stage at Irish Kevin's doing obligatory "thank's to our active duty and retired service members" shots. That and some baby Guinness's did me in for sure. If I remember correctly we followed this with a late night stop at Wendy's. Late night food at Wendy's can only mean a good time was had and not all of it remembered.

Mmmm Ribs from the Dirty Pig