What to expect on the 2 Day Cabbage Key
How many times have you heard someone say, “There’s this little place I know of…”
and then proceeded to tell you a story of that place. In your mind, you tell yourself,
“Now that’s a place I have to get to before I die.” Here’s your chance to do it.
There’s this little place I know of that I like to take people to. It’s a small island. It is
just south of Middle Key, just west of Useppa, just north of Captiva and just east of
Cayo Costa. It’s a unique little island and has a rich history. There are a few cabin
rentals and then there’s the Cabbage Key Restaurant. This is “Old Florida”. You can
only get there by boat. It has a small marina. We can spend the night there, or we
can anchor just outside of the Intracoastal Waterway by Useppa and dingy in.
The restaurant has great food and atmosphere. The bar is small and intimate. There
are dollar bills taped everywhere. The fishermen started this. When they went out to
sea, if they didn’t have any money when they got back, they always knew that they
could get a beer with their dollar that was on the wall. From what I understand
thousands of dollars fall off the walls and ceilings of this place and each year that
money is donated to a charity.
The people that work there are great. Usually young and they live in a dorm type
situation with four days on and three off to go to the mainland.
We will leave the dock in the morning and sail north around Sanibel Island and up to
Boca Grande. We will enter Charlotte Harbor and head south on the Intracoastal
Waterway to Cabbage Key. We will either anchor off of Useppa, or get a slip at the
Marina.
We can decide to have dinner at the Cabbage Key Restaurant, or I can cook up one
of my gourmet dinners for you and your guests. We will decide that at the planning
stage of your trip.
After dinner, we will enjoy the evening on the island and/or on the deck of Star of
Orion. It’s your cruise, so you will decide.
In the morning after breakfast, we can go back to the island and take the nature walk
to the old Indian shell mound and learn more about the island. There we will hoist
anchor and begin our journey south down the Intracoastal Waterway passing many
islands and watching for dolphins and other wildlife along the way.
Once we pass under the Sanibel Causeway Bridge, we will sail into the Gulf of
Mexico and then back to our homeport at Salty Sam’s Marina.
They say that this is the island where Jimmy Buffet got his inspiration for the song
Cheeseburger in Paradise. Whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter, but you will be
writing your own song about this experience.
When you get home, you’ll tell a friend, “There’s this little place I know of…”
How many times have you heard someone say, “There’s this little place I know of…”
and then proceeded to tell you a story of that place. In your mind, you tell yourself,
“Now that’s a place I have to get to before I die.” Here’s your chance to do it.
There’s this little place I know of that I like to take people to. It’s a small island. It is
just south of Middle Key, just west of Useppa, just north of Captiva and just east of
Cayo Costa. It’s a unique little island and has a rich history. There are a few cabin
rentals and then there’s the Cabbage Key Restaurant. This is “Old Florida”. You can
only get there by boat. It has a small marina. We can spend the night there, or we
can anchor just outside of the Intracoastal Waterway by Useppa and dingy in.
The restaurant has great food and atmosphere. The bar is small and intimate. There
are dollar bills taped everywhere. The fishermen started this. When they went out to
sea, if they didn’t have any money when they got back, they always knew that they
could get a beer with their dollar that was on the wall. From what I understand
thousands of dollars fall off the walls and ceilings of this place and each year that
money is donated to a charity.
The people that work there are great. Usually young and they live in a dorm type
situation with four days on and three off to go to the mainland.
We will leave the dock in the morning and sail north around Sanibel Island and up to
Boca Grande. We will enter Charlotte Harbor and head south on the Intracoastal
Waterway to Cabbage Key. We will either anchor off of Useppa, or get a slip at the
Marina.
We can decide to have dinner at the Cabbage Key Restaurant, or I can cook up one
of my gourmet dinners for you and your guests. We will decide that at the planning
stage of your trip.
After dinner, we will enjoy the evening on the island and/or on the deck of Star of
Orion. It’s your cruise, so you will decide.
In the morning after breakfast, we can go back to the island and take the nature walk
to the old Indian shell mound and learn more about the island. There we will hoist
anchor and begin our journey south down the Intracoastal Waterway passing many
islands and watching for dolphins and other wildlife along the way.
Once we pass under the Sanibel Causeway Bridge, we will sail into the Gulf of
Mexico and then back to our homeport at Salty Sam’s Marina.
They say that this is the island where Jimmy Buffet got his inspiration for the song
Cheeseburger in Paradise. Whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter, but you will be
writing your own song about this experience.
When you get home, you’ll tell a friend, “There’s this little place I know of…”
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