got you pm, I'll let you know. Its been reall windy down herre at times. we wentriding around yesterday, saw a bunch of big boats having problems in hte wind and waves. Makes me rethink the McKee may have not been such a good choice. The neighbors went out on thier 30 Whaler, came back in shortly. Kendall and I did some pin fishing off the dock, we had a blast. Got to be the biggest pin fish I've ever seen. Headed to Key West to see the sites today.

Hope you have a great time. Misery when weather doesn't cooperate. We have spent weeks at a time on the gulf side when the weather gets up. Still plenty of places for a small boat to beat around in the backwater.
In Key Wesy hit Clinton Square for the kids. It is about as commercial as it gets. Have fun.. :beer: and one of these.

While your down there, go through BIG PINE KEY after dark, and head north through town off of US1. At night time the KEY DEER are all over the north side of the island. There neet to look at to see such a tiny deer(not much bigger than a medium sized dog) with such a big rack on it. you wonder how they can hold there head up. And if you head out that way during teh day, you can hit the blue hole and see the alligators.

Dont forget about the Grassy Key Pouch Rats!!!!!!

Find the state parks down there...some GREAT beaches for the kids(and you & mom)...go do a sunset at Key west if it practical from where yer staying...the kids will love it...lots of street performers...Ya'll have fun down there...hows about some pics when ya can...:clap:

went to Key West yesterday, I rank it right down there at the bottom with New Orleans, looks like it would be a cool place to go if I was single and about 20 years younger, but with a family in tow, not the place to be. Tried fishing off the dock today, can't even get the pin fish to bite. Weather is beautiful, light wind, low 90's and i can't get my family off the couch and away from the TV, next time I'm coming down here, it will be without them, too many places to see and too much great weather to waste sitting on your *** in front of a TV.

Did you go during the day or at night? I know in teh summer by day KEY WEST is very family friendly, but by night it is very UN-family friendly. Not sure about winter time as I've never spent much time there in winter. If you head up to the north of MARATHON or KEY LARGO area, some of the deeper bridge channels are pretty good to fish from. The bridge down by BAHIA HONDA is also a good fishing bridge. In the middle of summer you can catch AJ's right under the bridge(got some pictures somewhere of me as a kid in a jon boat holding up some 35+ inch AJ's under that bridge. The 7 mile bridge is good for tarpon and sharks. And you can head down to Cudjoe and go out the north end to the end and wade fish the flats.

spare, i gotta second what ferm said about the key deer. we would take our kids and play " deer poker". who ever saw the most deer on their side of the road won. just go to big pine late in the afternoon, turn behind the winn dixie and follow the main road to no name key. i believe its a left then a right. go to the no name pub about dark and have a pizza and the conch fritters. it'll take about 2 hours. then go play deer poker on the way home

took those who would get off their *** to Curry Hammock State park today, very nice place, its got the cheapest kayak rental around, I didn't rent one as I had the kids with me. Got back to the house and went pin fishing off the dock, couldn't get anything to take shrimp off of a hook. My oldest said she wasn't a good fisher-person, i told her its never the person with the rod, it the wrong tide, wrong season, wrong moon phase, wrong bait, wrong current, wrong wind, wrong anything, but its never the person holding the rod.... I got to teach them right.

Tomorrow I thing there may be an electrical issue at the house, taking out the air conditioning and cable tv

Gotta watch them electrical issues Spare... next thing you know you'll have to take them somewhere because it's unbearable in the house. :you:

Funny thing about those issues though.... they always seem to clear up after you come back from an outing....:news: