The on going search for the perfect dive!

I am not talking about air tanks and beautiful underwater vistas. I am talking about a bar/restaurant that the minute you walk into it, you feel like you are home. I am talking about a place with no pretensions of grandeur and no false bravado and no white table cloths for sure! I am talking about the kind of place country singers croon about such as in the song, "I've got friends in low places..." .

In Ft. Myers, we had our beloved Mulloch Creek Marina. The beer was cold, cheap and on Friday nights, you got karaoke and spaghetti w/meatballs, salad, Texas toast and desert for 6.00. The view of the boats on the river was free. We were always welcomed and everyone was friends, season or off season.

We have been on a quest to find "our place" since we arrived. Yesterday, on the advise of Rob's friend, Tracy, whom we met at our party Sunday, we tried Miss Vicky's on the river. It sits back in a marina as most do on this river. There is no food service on Monday's and that was not going to change just because this one was Memorial Day. We did look at a menu while we drank a cold brew or two and chatted with the bartender,Liz. This is a place that fits most of our requirements. It is a "locals" hang out for sure and we were greeted with great warmth by the patrons and Liz as well. We were even treated to the one food that was being served, boiled peanuts in cajun sauce. These taste like pinto beans and must be a regional thing because E and I have never seen them before we moved here. Not too bad but as Liz said, people either love 'em or hate 'em. I fell somewhere in between.

I'll post a couple of pics from Sunday's party later today. E is painting my work room closet and maybe one wall today and I am working on a couple of kits. Have a great day all.