It is raining in Marathon in the Florida Keys. This Captain and The Kid are staying dry (from the weather). We found our way over to Herbie's. However, what we have not found are any additional clues about our Pirate friend. Key Largo is at MM106 and about mid-way down to MM0 is Marathon. Either we have not understood the telegram, or it was a bogus reported sighting.
We did stop in Key Largo to look at the African Queen. We stopped, not as tourists, but just to escape down the Ulanga for awhile with Kate and Bogey. She is tied up like a hostage. It is not certain if the Holiday Inn is to blame. We know that it was a movie boat, and not a true story adventure, but it seems to this Captain she needs to be cut loose and get back on the water. If that does happen in the near future, please do not contact this blog, this Captain, or The Kid. We will not recall anything that may happen on that night.
Back on Marathon, in Herbie's, we shared a couple of beers with Charlie Daniels. He said he wasn't but why would he tell us that? We didn't want him to sing, we just wanted to have a beer with him. We were concerned that Spike, who was riding shotgun for Charlie didn't understand the concept of escapism because he kept saying to Charlie that they had to leave to get to Key West before midnight. Spike and Charlie looked like two guys who knew how to getaway, but that lack of patience and clock watching was disappointing.
"Why before midnight?" The Kid asked.
"What about midnight?" Spike responded.
"You said you had to to get to Key West before midnight."
"He never said that." Charlie interrupted.
Spike shifted in his chair, Charlie shifted his eyes, The Kid shifted bar stools, and this Captain was shifting into rum mode.
"Closing time at the Cafe?" The Kid asked.
Spike clutched the bar and shifted again.
"Think you'll ever pass this way again?" The Kid continued.
Spike clutched and shifted. Shifted and clutched. He clutched and shifted so much it was more like being at the Sprint Cup Series, than at Marathon.
Charlie winked and said, "Maybe when the midnight moon is shinning."
After they left and we headed back to the marina, The Kid filled me in about the lyrics.
Escapes and getaways are always fascinating like that. Everyone does it a bit differently and yet its the same. Charlie and Spike were on their own getaway to other places and it took a little persuasive playfulness by The Kid to get them to join us in our escape for the night. So, if there is a point, it is this: Everybody is somewhere. Sometimes you can join them in some places, but don't push it. Even if you have to run parallel for a distance, go for it. If they join you, fine, if they don't, that's OK too.
We may continue down to Key West. All the talk about midnight reminded me about our search for our friend the wooden pirate from Midnight Pass.
The Captain and The Kid
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