The Hungry Tarpon; A Lower Matecumbe Key Favorite Restaurant-Happening!

AmericanPressTravelNews-December 26th,-Lower Matecumbe Key, Islamorada– Robbies Marina and Hungry Tarpon Restaurant today way more than an iconic, happy, tourist visited place, on the Florida Keys landscape. Here you can feed a mighty fish often much larger than a person, sit outdoors and enjoy the Keys true early atmosphere of nature and more nature-sunsets, wild birds found in few places of the world, breath in the salt air, dine on incredible seafood, pick up unique marine themed gifts from many vendors on the property and just bask in the sun or shade imbibing incredible drink concoctions. Fish and tuna tacos, shrimp burrito’s, Lobster Frittata, Cracked Conch or Thai-Style Mahi (dolphin fish)fish fingers, and so many other dishes, way too many to document here-you gotta go there! They open at 6:30 for early birds of skin and feathers, and close down at 9-PM. We did see the stars over a Loaded Trailer Trash Bloody Mary! We did get that slice of Key Lime and of the Keys life here at Robbie’s that they advertise on their web site! Check out these two websites and phone no.: www.hungrytarpon.com 305-664-0535 at the marina www.robbies.com 877-664-8498

Forget Mighty Mouse, How About Mighty Florida Crawfish Lobster

AmericanPressTravelNews–December 3rd, Bob and Barb “On the Road Again” and “Stopping to Smell the Roses and fish scales”–Caught every one of these species in the Florida Keys and Costa Rica. Barb wanted a large lobster tail for dinner. She got it! Look, life is s breeze in the Florida Keys! Could I be wrong? Nah!

Doubletree By Hilton, Our Host Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware

***Looking back towards City of Wilmington from the Environmental Center.***

P1070329 — ***A comfortable and easy place to let your hair down!***

AmericanPressTravelNews-November 8th, Wilmington, DE.–Bob and Barb “On The Road Again” and “Stopping to Smell the Roses” in Beautiful Wilmington, DE.-As we travel all across America, xthere are a few stand-out locations that are full of great amenities and very special cultural adventures for travelers and locals alike. Wilmington is very high on this list. So many great museums, so many fine restaurants and accommodations, such as the one we are enjoying right now-the DoubleTree by Hilton. When we arrived yesterday, we dropped off our bags and headed for DuPont Environmental Education Center (check them out on all social sites Delaware Nature : delanature.org/DEEC) a marsh and tidal paradise right under a major bird flyway.

Check-in to our comfortable and excellent hotel accomodations. — **Check-in to our comfortable and excellent hotel accommodations.**

P1070327 — We love to keep as fit as possible! This hotel has got you covered.

P1070325 — **Indoors and able to accommodate and keep you from the cold lap after lap.**

P1070323 — **Their restaurant and bar allows you to stay where you are and enjoy a decent meal from breakfast through dinner!**

Wetlands protection and education teach about the life’s blood of our world and our local environments.

Cataloochee Guest Ranch, Maggie Valley- A Mountain Afar, But Close To So Many Hearts

American Press Travel News- June 27th,-Maggie Valley, Haywood County, North Carolina—Cataloochee Guest Ranch was opened in 1934 by Mr. Tom and Miss Judy Alexander. It was moved to its present location in 1938. The Ranch is still run by the third generation descendants of Mr. Tom and Miss Judy. As their brochure rightly proclaims “The Ranch is “where the march of time slows down to a walk.” the high mountains here really do have deep roots! Barb and I relaxed, enjoyed country buffet cookouts for dinner of steaks and taters along with all the country fixin’s you’d also love. We also sampled their country breakfast which included their wonderful homemade syrups, jams and biscuits. that you will savor in your mouth and on your mind for a very long time.

This is a wonderful place for your whole family. We watched a small boy catch his first fish in their stocked pond, which the ranch then cooked for his dinner. They have all sorts of planned activities for children as well for adults. There are so many outdoor recreational opportunities in and around this 5000 foot elevation, cool, over 1000 acre ranch. We hiked, found and identified numerous edible mushrooms, plants and trees with a professional field guide. Their garden, becomes your garden each and every meal! Every day you can take take trail rides. When you arrive you feel like you are a member of their family with their rich local heritage. Every night their local admiring neighbors, were scheduled to come and meet the guests. We listened to local musicians and were even able to pet a real friendly wolf.

Perhaps due to the history of several generations of the Tom and Judy Alexander family, there was a feeling here that we were home, really at home again! It’s really hard to say just how comfortable we were at this ranch. It was very hard to leave and we actually stayed a bit longer than usual before we left the cool mountain air, the friendliness of our hosts and the truly serene nature of this fine resort. So, I guess one way to say it was, we had a very hard time saying goodbye!

Call 1 (800) 868-1401 119 or local 828-926-1401 cataloocheeranch.com located on Ranch Road., Maggie Valley, NC 28751 Cataloochee Ranch.com

Also, we will review so many fine restaurants in the coming days on aptravelnews.com. We will be posting these and many more opportunities for visitors in the next day or so. We took part in visiting the Cataloochee Valley area full of transplanted elk. The bulls were bugling their dominancy over their herd of cows-quite a display! The people we met, the dinner with the Mayor of Waynesville and his wife, the fine other folks we learned so much about them and from them, their Agri-tourism lifestyle and businesses offerings, and their goals, as well as their already fruitful successes will be portrayed as well.