BubbaFest - KEY WEST - Tuesday November 15 to Thursday 17

BubbaFest - KEY WEST - Tuesday November 15 to Thursday 17

My apologies on the delay in finishing the BubbaFest posts, but life got in the way of blogging. Turkey Day and a bunch of Cycle Club issues have kept me away from the blog for a bit.

 

KEY WEST- when last we spoke, I had ridden TO KEY WEST. The last few miles were difficult. I was simply not eating enough calories to replace those used while cycling. And since the place we had chosen for our lunch spot was closed (those Knuckleheads!), I did come close to bonking. (MORE ON BONKING IN A FUTURE POST).

 

The end of riding- Some string cheese, a few Diet Lemonades, A nap. A shower. I was ready to go. Pooped, but ready to go.

 

Well, the throbbing Tourist Zone at the  foot of Duval Street could be described as Key West's past reincarnated by it's Disneyfied present into something simultaneously actual and not. having been there three times, all as a one day tourist, it was nice to be able to spend three days there.

 

Tuesday's dinner was bowl of clam chowder and seafood. Dessert- of course KEY LIME PIE. Being quite hungry, I did eat it most of the meal, and then after a long delay, enjoyed the pie. We walked around the island the rest of the night and I found a Walgreen's and a CVS to find non carbonated beverages. The Mango Propel was surprisingly good.

 

Going into Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, I was bound by law to have a margarita. Otherwise my photo would be taken out of his box set!

 

I made a short evening of it, and was in bed by 10.

 

Wednesday was spent at THE DRY TORTUGAS with super model Heidi Klum. (Ok, she just looked like her). Breakfast on the boat- oatmeal and fruit. I then had just bottled water for hours. Lunch was a picnic on the island, including potatoe salad, MADE WITH SWEET POTATOES. Just like regular potatoe salad, but with sweet potatoes. Actually quite nice. A simple open faced sandwich for me. Ham and cheese, if the memory serves me.

 

Now dinner was back on Key West. Having done research (OK, I watched ROAD TASTED on the Food network- which surprisingly the same episode was on Wednesday morning while I was there!) The Conch Republic Seafood restaurant. I had the habernero chutney grouper over rice- WONDERFUL. It was not too big, perhaps the meal was 12 ounces including the rice. We traded meals around, and the JUJU sauce was great, as was a piece of fish with Passion Fruit sauce (or so I hear as Douggie ate it all and basically licked his plate and did not share!)  6 of us split a piece of Key Lime pie that had an EXCELLENT KEY LIME SAUCE.

 

The Conch Republic is known for its sauces!  And their saucier made a good piece of Key Lime Pie a great one with the addition of his Key Lime Sauce.

 

Later we each had a piece of KEY LIME PIE ON A STICK from the Blond Giraffe. They take a very good piece of Key Lime Pie, freeze it, then dip it in chocolate and serve it to you on a stick. Decadence!

350 calories and 6 grams of protein. Eating mine at bandster speed (that would be SLOW), had it almost dripping down my arm even while sitting in an big comfy chair in an excellently air conditioned store.

 

Thursday brought us some Scrambled Eggs, 2 pieces of sausage and one piece of toast (out of four). Then some time at Ernest Hemmingway's home and then off to HENRIETTA's. I ordered the COCONUT STRIPS (AS SEEN ON TV). Actually, one Coconut strips, one Key Lime Coconut strips, and one Chocolate coated Key Lime Coconut strips.  These rank among the tastiest desserts I've ever had. 4 to a package (do the math- I had 3, thus 12.) I gave one away, and have had them only occasionally. I still have 6 left today December 2nd.

 

Lunch was some nachos with all the stuff and then some pizza at the No Name Key. A small plate of nachos, but the meats and cheeses were protein! The pizza- ate the to crust. Left most of the dough.

 

Dinner- TO GO! I stopped at the Fish House and got the piece of Key Lime Pie that was raved on before, then to the Sunshine Market for a Cuban Sandwich. I took both to Miami and ate them in my hotel. I tossed half the Cuban Sandwich Bun, and ate the pie hours later for dessert.

 

At that point, I was again figuring out how to make sure I got back to 1,500 calories a day.

 

Friday was a breakfast sandwich at the airport. Egg, Cheese, Sausage. Toss half the biscuit and then I didn't eat till Cincinnati.

 

Of course, as you already know, I stopped at the scales AND HAD LOST FIVE POUNDS IN FLORIDA!

 

So, it was all good baby!