Every day on a vacation to a new place is a first. After attending another session at the REEA convention Sunday morning, we packed up and headed South--to the keys. We stopped in Key Largo and had lunch at the Hobo Cafe--local color but good stuff. After looking over Key Largo a bit, we continued our journey to Key Matador where we had a room. The keys before Matador are called the Upper Keys, Matador is kind of the start of the Middle Keys, and then there are the Lower Keys ending with Key West. Because it was Sunday, there was horrendous traffic both ways as we travelled on. The Overseas Highway or Highway One was carrying all the people finishing vacation North and all those beginning vacation South so it was bumper to bumper both ways. Once we got beyond the swampy part, the water on both sides of the highway became the most beautiful Caribbean blue--one side of the highway being the Atlantic Ocean and the other the Gulf of Mexico--but it all looked so turquoise that it felt Caribbean. Because we averaged maybe 45 miles an hour, we arrived at Key Matador about 3:15. We were told if we were willing to wait about 30 minutes, they would upgrade us to a suite so we said "sure"! They gave us a key to get into the pool area where we sat and had a tropical drink (mango daiquiri for me!), and we enjoyed the infinity pool looking out to the ocean for a bit.
Soon we got to go up to the room and again, we were pleasantly surprised by how nice a Courtyard Marriott could be! This was a new property but even so, it far exceeded any Courtyard we've ever experienced before! Full kitchen, large living and sleeping area, large balcony looking out to ocean.
While Bill took a nap, I went down to the pool and read a book. Then we began a search for a place to have dinner. Bill read about a place called the Sunset Grill and it did not disappoint!
Crab au gratin--yummy!
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