Day 47 - Key West - What's it Take to Get A Cab Around Here?

Another cloudy morning, so I did more laundry while Randy did some “boat stuff”.  Then we called a cab to take us to Publix, the local grocery store, to restock some of our supplies.  Our driver arrived in about 10 minutes, but warned us of how busy they were due to the holiday and all the tourists.  We completed our shopping and called the cab company for a ride back.  After waiting a half hour, Randy called to check on the cab.  First he was told that a driver had been there a minute after our call – wrong!  We had been standing outside all along. The dispatcher aid he would try to find another cab to pick us up – after another 15 minutes, he admitted that he could not find anyone to come get us.  In the meantime, I was investigating the bus stop and got ahold of a schedule and Randy called another cab company.  We were about to walk to the bus stop when the second cab company showed up.  We had now waited an hour and were very happy to see the cab.

By the time we got back to the boat and stowed everything, the sun was out so we decided to go to the pool.  We lounged there for a couple of hours, soaking up the sun.  Then it was back to Mallory Square.  I had a great Mojito from the outdoor Westin bar.  From there we wandered into Rick’s, a very basic bar that also had live entertainment.  Rick’s serves a lot of rum.  They feature a 32 ounce rum bucket, which seems like a lot of rum to me.  But wait, someone came to the bar and ordered a rum bowl; a glass container the size of a fishbowl, that contained cherry rum and well, he didn’t really know what else was in it.  It came with 2 straws and he took it back to a table to share.  I don’t know how they managed to walk out of Rick’s after that!

 

 

We capped off the night with a flatbread pizza at the Rum Barrel and, of course, more rum drinks.  This is becoming all too easy……..