After feeding little Snookie an absorbent amount of saturated fats, Terri and I headed to the B&B in Key West. Terri booked 4 nights at the Atlantis House:
This beautiful home is owned by Steven and Kayla Kessler.
We booked the Master Suite, with many amenities and a beautiful decor. Outside the room is a beautifully landscaped private patio.
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Upon our arrival, Kayla greeted us with a a slice of her homemade Key Lime pie- it was yummy! Kayla and Captain Steve went out of their way to make our delayed honeymoon perfect! Captain Steve accommodated all our special request and was able to find Terri a very large Conch Shell-
We booked an all day fishing trip and a 3 hour snorkeling tour. Yes I snorkeled again! No panicked moments but I did swallow some more salt water. For pics and videos see separate pages under menu.
Since it was an all day fishing tour, we packed a lunch. I thought packing bananas would be a healthy choice, offset the key lime pie and key lime frozen cocktails. (see a pattern?) What I did not know, there is a superstition among natives that it is bad luck to bring bananas on a fishing boat. When Capt. Steve heard me offer a banana to Terri, his jaw dropped. He explained the native belief. I offered to throw them overboard, he declined , explaining he hates to see food go to waste. I know he was thinking to himself, “I had the boat moored over a school of yellow-tailed snapper and they didn’t catch a blessed one.” Terri did catch a grouper and a grunt fish but they were too small to keep. I was reeling in a yellow-tailed snapper, when a barracuda bit off all but the head.
Captain Steve took us further out to deeper waters to troll for barracuda. He explained he always catches barracuda in this area. He did not. I offered to throw the bananas overboard, he thought about it, and again declined. He decided to take us out to even deeper waters, 700 feet. On the way, we were pelted with heavy rains. I threw the bananas overboard…. He moored the boat in deeper waters- We caught quite a few mahi mahi! It was great day!
THANK YOU CAPTAIN STEVE!