We kicked off this morning with a $70 breakfast at Disney World.
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After that, the kids wanted to swim again, and so the four of us swam. No rain today — it was 70 degrees and sunny!
After a couple of hours of that, we hit the road, heading south — er, more south.
On our way to the Keys, we stopped and had a late lunch at Rickey’s Restaurant and Lounge.
If you haven’t seen King of Kong, Rickey’s Restaurant is “owned” by Billy Mitchell, one of the subjects of the film. We were told at the restaurant that it is owned by his parents, run by his sister, and that they “literally couldn’t remember the last time Billy was in the place.” I’ll write more about my experience when I get back home, but for now I’ll just say if you’re looking for a local dive bar with decent wings I’d recommend it, but if you’re going in hopes of seeing Billy Mitchell or anything related to either King of Kong or Donkey Kong, I wouldn’t waste my time.
Back in the car we piled to drive some more. A few hours later, the scenery began to look like this out of both sides of the car:
Shortly before nightfall we arrived at the resort here in Duck Key, Florida. We had dinner in an outside restaurant on the sand before coming back to the room and crashing out.
Tomorrow we swim with the dolphins, swim in some lagoon, and possibly drive down to see the southernmost point in the US… that is, if we can talk the kids into getting back into the car again.