1/29/16 Friday Key Largo, Fla.

Woke up this morning to a beautiful day!!! Rain and wind gone!! Sun shining blue skies are incredible!! So,parts still needed for the generator repair!! Off we went on our new tamdum bike!!! What a Cadillac ride!! It is a used bike but in great shape!! We love it!!!

Rode into town and stopped at the bike shop as they did not put a kickstand on it before delivered, and he put us one on. We ask where would be a good place to eat breakfast? He sent us to a small local place off the beaten path just down on the beach! Just a few blocks and we arrived at The Hideout Restaurant. What a quaint little place that was refurbished and then built onto from a 1950's mobile home!! We enjoyed the daily special 2 eggs over easy, hash browns (Rod had grits of course) and the home made breakfast sausage called geurache. Ok so I spelled it like it sounds!! Ha It was like a salami texture but a little spicy, but not hot!! Very different!! It was good, but for me I would order bacon next time!! Ha  We headed on down the road and stopped at a couple of places for the hose Rod needed and everyone told us "your need to go to the Napa store about 3 miles down the island"!! So,we went to Napa!!! Ha  It was a long trip but they did have the part we needed. On the way back to the marine we made a stop at a local farmers market. Purchased homemade guacamole, homemade tortilla chips, beautiful tomatoes. We ate some fresh watermelon while we were there!! Sure wish we could have taken one home with us, but we do have only so much we can carry on a bike!! lol

We rode back to the Winn Dixie for a few groceries and just could not resist the big t-bone steaks on sell and decided it would be supper!!!

The ride there and back home was a total of 18.6 miles!!! Boy are we tired!!!

Sat on the back deck and rested with a cold drink then Rod worked on the generator!!! BUT NO GO!!! There is now an issue with a metal part that has just detereiated beyond repair. For a quick fix Rod thinks we can have a welder repair it for a while, maybe enough to get us through this trip. Looks like a generator purchase may be in our future!! It is old and has served us and previous owners of this boat well!! Just our luck, I really wanted to be in Key West by my birthday, but I just figure God is holding us here for a reason. I look too as what a great place to get stranded IM IN KEY LARGO!! And it's 75 degrees!!! So just chill out and enjoy!!

We have some calls out to few welders that people told us work weekends, so maybe we will here from one of them. If not, I guess it will be Monday before we leave here. 

Dinner enjoyed, dishes done, jammies on, movie watched life is good,!!!

I have a few pics to share!!

Please pray we get repairs completed this weekend and pray for the health of our home!! 🙏🏻🚢     Love and Blessings to all, Fran & Capn Rod

My Chariot!!! It's a Cadillac!!! Lol Nice basket for carrying purchased "stuff" ha 

I love the local places to eat!!! Great place! 

This, among many signs on this restaurant, was just too funny to not take a pic!! Ha This was posted at the front door as you enter the restaurant!! Read it closely!!

The Key Largo Farmers market!! 

This beautiful guy sat on the post at our boat this afternoon and groomed himself for us!! Dock builders spend a fortune putting these plastic pointed cones on the post to keep the bird from sitting on them!! 

Looks to me look he is having no problem sitting there!! Ha 

2.6 pound T-bone steak!!!! This will make a few meals!! Ha

There will be leftovers!!!! Lol    steak, baked potato, and sauted peppers, onions, and mushrooms!! Yummy!!!