So, there is Key West, AND … Then there is Key West with Mike Arrrrighi!

While exhausting, we had a lot of fun!  According to our bar guide, Arrrrighi (aka Toney), most of the group “kraaled” into about 30 (ish) “establishments”. Some that most have never heard of (unless you’ve been lucky to have had the same bar guide as we did). Finding some of them was an adventure as much as the establishment itself.

I have to say my two favorites were probably The Chart Room and The Smallest Bar, but it would not have been complete without “one last dance” at Sloppy Joe’s or some “jimmy legz shakin” at Smokin Tuna!

The house we rented was perfect. Only a block from Duval, and complete with wine glasses (important), a pool, and skeletons in the closet!

Yet again, we have to thank our curious “tour” guide for this find! Certainly, that unlocked closet door in the ceiling holds something interesting. “I wonder if we can find a ladder!?” Even Caleb was intrigued.

We ain’t afraid of no ghosts!!

We had this funky rooster who kept following us everywhere.

And even showed up on stage at Sloppy Joe’s a few times.

As usual, Caleb hung with the best of them.

He really liked Pepe’s!

Always up for a cool drink of water, too.

Any opportunity to go for a bike ride down Duval Street.

Relaxing naps by the pool.

A rowdy game of Cards Against Humanity!

Hawaiian night … Not so much.

Not sure what this look means?!!!  Possibly, “get me off of this boat!?”

All fun and games aside, it was a great week with family and friends.

But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. 

Eventually, Dreamer must leave the Southern most end as well, but not for another couple of weeks!

Cheers!

As an aside, the term kraal derives its origins from the turtle fishing industry that shaped the island’s economy during its eary beginnings through the mid to late 1900s when activist began to raise the environmental alarms. The water cages in which the turtles were kept prior to going to market were called kraals.