Turkey Day weekend #2

ROBBIE'S MARINA SOMEWHERE IN THE KEYS - - On this Keys trip we 'discovered' Robbies Marina. I say discovered because we'd been by plenty of times on other keys trips - - it's kind of hard not to since there's only one main road (A1A) in the Keys.

To stay in business you need a 'hook' and Robbie's - - besides boat tours, kayak and jet ski rentals - - has turned feeding the fish and taking pics of the birds into a money-making proposition. Pay $1 and walk out onto the pier where the tarpon are thick in the water waiting for those folks who paid $2 to throw in bait fish.

Then there are the birds: The snowy egrets (above) who patrol the shoreline among the mangrove looking for their daily food while the pelicans wander around on the pier or hover (below) waiting for a chance to swoop.