Day 3: On to Key West
After breakfast as "Magrove Mike's (go for the Hangover Helper breakfast)":http://florida.keys.diningguide.net/data/d100365.htm in Islamorada, we started heading west. We stopped briefly at the "Bahia Honda State Park Beach (Best US Beach in 1992)":http://www.bahiahondapark.com/ for some sun and splash. I read, while Presley napped.
Arriving in Key West, we missed the "Sunset celebration":http://www.sunsetcelebration.org/ because I needed to find an Internet Cafe -- my boss called me and told me that I had forgotten to submit my timesheet, and if I would like to get paid, I had better do so. So, after the business was taken care of at the Sippin' Cafe, we checked in the "La Pensione Inn (lovely and great staff)":http://www.lapensione.com/ on Truman Ave. near Duvall Street. Apparently "Harry S (I could think of worse places...)":http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-1241824-harry_s_truman_little_white_house_museum_key_west-i spent some time here.
Heading out onto Duvall Street should be an adventure, but we found most of the restuarants and bars to be lacking in patrons -- maybe it's the time of the year. After walking around for what seemed like hours, we settled on Caroline's Cafe for dinner, because you could sit outside and drink Margaritas and Coronas while watching revelers on the street. God, there are so many _old people_ here!
After downing a few drinks with dinner, (I had the Mahi-Mahi cooked cajun style, Presley had a whole cooked chicken, I kid you not), we decided to hit a few bars. There was the Irish bar, with the village drunks (and no females), and then there was the Karaoke bar next to "Crabby Dicks":http://www.crabbydickskeywest.com/, with Marie behind the bar, and Karaoke'ers belting our Country songs in the back. At least there were some women at this place... Presley did a rousing rendition of "Cheap Trick's":http://www.cheaptrick.com/ _I Want You to Want Me_, though I think this crowd didn't appreciate it as much as I did.



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