The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

D.Duck wrote:
"Jim24242" wrote in message
...
GC Boater wrote:
“We had the Hatteras for two years. Last year, out of the cold clear,
a broker approached me with an offer to buy. Our continued Florida
lifestyle was somewhat up in the air, because the two breadwinners
hereabouts were about to be offered long-term but temporary
assignments they could not refuse in the Washington, D.C., area. So,
after being romanced a little, we sold the Hatt for almost precisely
what we paid for it. Not bad, after two full years of use. And I mean
full years. So, we didn't "make" any money off the Hatt, but we didn't
lose any either. The proceeds were prudently invested.”

I'm glad it worked out, at least for one of the breadwinners. The other
bread winner went on to star in the Pillsbury commercials. You might
recognize him. Someone pokes their finger in his belly and he giggles.


Pauleys report, nice thin crust, green peppers, onions and mushrooms. the
GP, O and M were chopped way to fine. It was actually hard to distinguish
one from the other. Again I'll lay blame on the cheese, the crust except
for the very edges was quite soggy.

The taste was bland which was helped somewhat with salt. As far as the
Florida pizza I've sampled it's probably as good and any. Still longing for
my friends pizza in Chicago.


Sorry you were disappointed.
I like my crust crisp too. Don't know what happened to yours.

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

"HK" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:30:15 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:59:32 -0400, Yogi of Woodstock
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:14:12 -0400, Jim24242
wrote:

We have the best of both worlds. We can go to either coast when
it's safe to do so. The Keys? Been there. Done that. Got the tee
shirt.
I went fishing in the Keys one time about ten years or so ago.

Never understood the attraction.

Never been there, but it looks pretty in pictures.
Seems a good place for finding scenic fishing spots close in.
You can enjoy that with a drink even when the fish aren't hitting.
Once you're out of sight of land, water looks pretty much the same.
If you are skunked, you start to think, "Why am I here?"

--Vic
There are places in the Keys where there are reefs a couple hundred
yards offshore in the Atlantic, and fairly calm seas much of the time,
and you can catch all kinds of typically way offshore fish without the
danger of being out of sight of land or the expense of a big, open
ocean boat.

I stayed here once about 12 years ago:

www.rainbowbend.com


after a conference in the miami area. The resort was pretty nice. The
rooms were adequate, the restaurant first class, the beach was lovely,
and we had free use of a small boston whaler with an outboard. We
caught snapper, grouper, spanish mackeral and I forgot what else,
right in front of the hotel, and the restaurant's chef did a wonderful
job each night cooking up our catch.
Thanks for that. You may have changed my vacation plans.

--Vic

Have fun. If you anchor at the slightly offshore reef, be mindful of the
anchor in the free boat...if you lose it, you have to replace it. I lost
mine the first day and had to go shopping for another.

Remember, the rooms are only adequate. It isn't a posh resort. But
everything else is really nice, and the little boats are all you need.
We found a place to head a bit "inland" in the keys, and caught fish
there, too.

This might be a good idea. If you add in what you'd normally pay to rent
a boat...the room rates seem reasonable.
Next spring a niece will get married on a Caribbean Island. If it's
Cuba, I'll probably go.
If the Dominican Republic... maybe not.

Geez...I hope by next year Obama lifts all restrictions with Cuba. You
Canadians are lucky that your government hasn't been insane about Cuba all
these years.


It was a very popular and reasonably priced vacation destination for a
number of years.
Now, I think the Dominican Republic beats it out...at least with the
travellers from this area.
I think Cuba would have more character.

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:30:15 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:59:32 -0400, Yogi of Woodstock
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:14:12 -0400, Jim24242
wrote:

We have the best of both worlds. We can go to either coast when it's
safe to do so. The Keys? Been there. Done that. Got the tee shirt.
I went fishing in the Keys one time about ten years or so ago.

Never understood the attraction.


Never been there, but it looks pretty in pictures.
Seems a good place for finding scenic fishing spots close in.
You can enjoy that with a drink even when the fish aren't hitting.
Once you're out of sight of land, water looks pretty much the same.
If you are skunked, you start to think, "Why am I here?"

--Vic


There are places in the Keys where there are reefs a couple hundred
yards offshore in the Atlantic, and fairly calm seas much of the time,
and you can catch all kinds of typically way offshore fish without the
danger of being out of sight of land or the expense of a big, open ocean
boat.

I stayed here once about 12 years ago:

www.rainbowbend.com


after a conference in the miami area. The resort was pretty nice. The
rooms were adequate, the restaurant first class, the beach was lovely,
and we had free use of a small boston whaler with an outboard. We caught
snapper, grouper, spanish mackeral and I forgot what else, right in
front of the hotel, and the restaurant's chef did a wonderful job each
night cooking up our catch.

Thanks for that. You may have changed my vacation plans.

--Vic

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

"Jim24242" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Jim24242" wrote in message
...
GC Boater wrote:
“We had the Hatteras for two years. Last year, out of the cold clear,
a broker approached me with an offer to buy. Our continued Florida
lifestyle was somewhat up in the air, because the two breadwinners
hereabouts were about to be offered long-term but temporary
assignments they could not refuse in the Washington, D.C., area. So,
after being romanced a little, we sold the Hatt for almost precisely
what we paid for it. Not bad, after two full years of use. And I mean
full years. So, we didn't "make" any money off the Hatt, but we didn't
lose any either. The proceeds were prudently invested.”

I'm glad it worked out, at least for one of the breadwinners. The other
bread winner went on to star in the Pillsbury commercials. You might
recognize him. Someone pokes their finger in his belly and he giggles.


Pauleys report, nice thin crust, green peppers, onions and mushrooms. the
GP, O and M were chopped way to fine. It was actually hard to distinguish
one from the other. Again I'll lay blame on the cheese, the crust except
for the very edges was quite soggy.

The taste was bland which was helped somewhat with salt. As far as the
Florida pizza I've sampled it's probably as good and any. Still longing
for my friends pizza in Chicago.

Sorry you were disappointed.
I like my crust crisp too. Don't know what happened to yours.


Another thing I notice down here is that the cheese is never browned. Up in
Chicago the cheese browned. Maybe they just don't bake as long.

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:44:50 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

www.rainbowbend.com


after a conference in the miami area. The resort was pretty nice. The
rooms were adequate, the restaurant first class, the beach was lovely,
and we had free use of a small boston whaler with an outboard. We caught
snapper, grouper, spanish mackeral and I forgot what else, right in
front of the hotel, and the restaurant's chef did a wonderful job each
night cooking up our catch.

Thanks for that. You may have changed my vacation plans.

We were there with the kids maybe 7 or 8 years ago and had a great
time. Harry's description is accurate. Nothing fancy but reasonably
clean and the food was excellent. The Whalers and outboards are old
but they keep them running well.

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

On Jun 21, 4:04*pm, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
om...
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:30:15 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:59:32 -0400, Yogi of Woodstock
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:14:12 -0400, Jim24242
wrote:

We have the best of both worlds. We can go to either coast when it's
safe to do so. The Keys? Been there. Done that. Got the tee shirt..
I went fishing in the Keys one time about ten years or so ago.

Never understood the attraction.

Never been there, but it looks pretty in pictures.
Seems a good place for finding scenic fishing spots close in.
You can enjoy that with a drink even when the fish aren't hitting.
Once you're out of sight of land, water looks pretty much the same.
If you are skunked, you start to think, "Why am I here?"

--Vic
There are places in the Keys where there are reefs a couple hundred
yards offshore in the Atlantic, and fairly calm seas much of the time,
and you can catch all kinds of typically way offshore fish without the
danger of being out of sight of land or the expense of a big, open ocean
boat.

I stayed here once about 12 years ago:

www.rainbowbend.com

after a conference in the miami area. The resort was pretty nice. The
rooms were adequate, the restaurant first class, the beach was lovely,
and we had free use of a small boston whaler with an outboard. We caught
snapper, grouper, spanish mackeral and I forgot what else, right in
front of the hotel, and the restaurant's chef did a wonderful job each
night cooking up our catch.
Thanks for that. *You may have changed my vacation plans.

--Vic

Have fun. If you anchor at the slightly offshore reef, be mindful of the
anchor in the free boat...if you lose it, you have to replace it. I lost
mine the first day and had to go shopping for another.

Remember, the rooms are only adequate. It isn't a posh resort. But
everything else is really nice, and the little boats are all you need. We
found a place to head a bit "inland" in the keys, and caught fish there,
too.

This might be a good idea. *If you add in what you'd normally pay to rent a
boat...the room rates seem reasonable.
Next spring a niece will get married on a Caribbean Island. *If it's Cuba,
I'll probably go.
If the Dominican Republic... maybe not.

Geez...I hope by next year Obama lifts all restrictions with Cuba. You
Canadians are lucky that your government hasn't been insane about Cuba
all these years.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hey, stupid, all you have to do is fly to Mexico, then to Cuba.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_a_US_c...outside_the_US

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:22:46 -0700, Loogypicker wrote:


Hey, stupid, all you have to do is fly to Mexico, then to Cuba.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/
Can_a_US_citizen_travel_to_Cuba_if_they_connect_pl anes_outside_the_US

Careful, the government of the Land of the Free restricts travel to Cuba,
and several other countries.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Americans_in_Cuba

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

thunder wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:22:46 -0700, Loogypicker wrote:


Hey, stupid, all you have to do is fly to Mexico, then to Cuba.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/
Can_a_US_citizen_travel_to_Cuba_if_they_connect_pl anes_outside_the_US

Careful, the government of the Land of the Free restricts travel to Cuba,
and several other countries.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Americans_in_Cuba


There are legitimate ways for Americans to obtain a license to travel
legally directly to Cuba. Loogy, however, would have to go illegally
through Mexico, because his gross stupidity will not qualify him for a
license.

The Lobster Boat -- uh, Hatteras
 

On Jun 22, 2:03*pm, HK wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:22:46 -0700, Loogypicker wrote:

Hey, stupid, all you have to do is fly to Mexico, then to Cuba.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/
Can_a_US_citizen_travel_to_Cuba_if_they_connect_pl anes_outside_the_US

Careful, the government of the Land of the Free restricts travel to Cuba,
and several other countries.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Americans_in_Cuba

There are legitimate ways for Americans to obtain a license to travel
legally directly to Cuba. Loogy, however, would have to go illegally
through Mexico, because his gross stupidity will not qualify him for a
license.

Here, stupid, read this. If you want to go more than one day, you're
screwed:

Although the government of Cuba permits U.S. citizens to visit, the
U.S. itself restricts its citizens from travelling there, except with
a license issued by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets
Control [1]. The specific restriction is against spending money in
Cuba, however U.S. authorities consider any visit of more than one day
to be prima facie proof that one has spent money there. Furthermore,
OFAC also holds that U.S. citizens also may not receive goods or
services for free from any Cuban national, eliminating any attempts to
circumvent the regulation based on that premise.

Gross stupidity would be someone who wanted to go through that trouble
to visit Cuba for ONE DAY!!!