When in Key West, you’re either in the water or you have a drink in hand. Or both. So doing the Beached recon has made our livers stronger than I ever thought possible, and I owe this beautiful place our gratitude for showing me what I’m made of. And Beached will do that for all …
When in the vicinity of St. Augustine, Cap’s is the place to go for local, north Florida grub like gator tail. It all goes great with beers (what doesn’t), and my advice is drink more faster and get to the men’s room often. Preferably when no one else is using it and you can look …
The term ‘boot hill’ was a common one in the American West, referring to burial grounds of gunfighters who died violently, i.e. with their boots on. Across from the cemetery in downtown Daytona Beach lies the Boot Hill Saloon in all its iconic, biker bar glory. They never run out of ice cold cheap beer, …
Cubans who brave the 90 miles to set a dry foot down in America risk a lot. A hijacked plane and rickshaw boats abandoned in Key West serve as proof — for me, though, they were also reminders to be thankful that I didn’t have to attempt such a journey to get here.
The first main decision in Beached planning was to determine the area of operations (AO). Recon by air gave us a higher, better vantage point, so we took a ride. Ultimately, we decided to keep the AO in and around Key West, which is about 4 miles long and 2 miles wide. It’s the swimming …
