Fernandina Beach and the Palace Saloon

So which pirate do you think is the most salty of the two?

Well, we did make it into Fernandina Beach today even with all of the rain.  We just dressed accordingly and headed out. (that means that I wore boots and a rain jacket with a hat.  Kirby just dressed as Kirby) 

We both have camo hats!

Kirby got very excited when he saw that the Palace Saloon had one of his favorite IPAs - Sweetwater.  I had a Shock-top which was light and nice.  Most of the time we were the only ones there.  Lonely bartender.  We were a bit confused at first because we remembered a doorway to another room.  Sure enough - there it was, covered by a very large piece of furniture.  Sealed off for some reason or the other.

My picture does not do this bar justice.  It is beautiful!

One of the things that I noticed was a cigarette dispenser.  I haven't seen one in years and years.  They may be out there but I haven't seen them.  What blew me away was the price.  $7.00!  That is amazing!  $.35 per cigarette!  Oh, my!  How can anyone afford them?  Maybe it was just a prop. But it looked real.

After we enjoyed our brews, the rain had pretty much stopped so we wandered down to the marina and enjoyed viewing where just seven short years ago we sat on our boat.  We miss that life so much.  So, after drying our tears we found the fish market and picked up a pound of very, very fresh shrimp for dinner tonight!  A bit of shrimp and a Caesar salad with a nice bottle of wine - it doesn't get much better than that!

This was us once upon a time!

We never, ever tire of being in a marina round the boats.