Perdido key, FL.

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loggervol

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I was wondering if anyone has stayed there on vacation?
 
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have driven through frequently on the way to Orange Beach. Looks nice - pretty laid back.

Easy access to the Flora-Bama too! If you have a boat (or rent one) head to Pirates Cove in Josephine, AL - the alleged home of the Cheeseburger in Paradise. Great burgers, fun place to hang and great Bushwackers. You can drive too if you have to.
 
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I stayed there a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Orange Beach is close by for restaurants and etc.

One thing I really enjoyed was going to watch the Blue Angels practice.... they do it on Tues and Wed mornings from March to November in Pensacola.... it's free and you're right by the runway.... it was cool
 
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I have stayed there and enjoyed it.

Laid back vibe, slower paced.

But your also within easy driving distance to attractions and faster paced locals if that's what you want.
 
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volinbham said:
have driven through frequently on the way to Orange Beach. Looks nice - pretty laid back.

Easy access to the Flora-Bama too! If you have a boat (or rent one) head to Pirates Cove in Josephine, AL - the alleged home of the Cheeseburger in Paradise. Great burgers, fun place to hang and great Bushwackers. You can drive too if you have to.
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I thought cheeseburger in paradise was on Cabbage Key...

Looking for a romantic authentic getaway? One of our favorites is a visit to Cabbage Key located on the Gulf Coast near Ft. Myers. It's the laid-back paradise Jimmy Buffett made famous when he met the perfect cheeseburger, a piano and a cold beer after a day of awesome fishing. Cabbage Key is an “old Florida” island where the inspired rocker is reported to have written the famed song “Cheeseburger in Paradise.”


I only know that because I've been there for...a cheeseburger.
 
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To clear up the CBinP

Buffett said of this song: "The myth of the cheeseburger in paradise goes back to a long trip on my first boat, the Euphoria. We had run into some very rough weather crossing the Mona Passage between Hispanola and Puerto Rico, and broke our new bowsprit. The ice in our box had melted, and we were doing the canned-food-and-peanut-butter diet. The vision of a piping hot cheeseburger kept popping into my mind. We limped up the Sir Francis Drake Channel and into Roadtown on the island of Tortola, where a brand new marina and bar sat on the end of the dock like a mirage. We secured the boat, kissed the ground, and headed for the restaurant. To our amazement, we were offered a menu that featured an American cheeseburger and piña coladas. Now, these were the days when supplies were scarce - when horsemeat was more plentiful than ground beef in the tiny stores of the Third World. Anyway, we gave particular instructions to the waiter on how we wanted them cooked, and what we wanted on them - to which very little attention was paid. It didn't matter. The overdone burgers on the burned, toast buns tasted like manna from Heaven, for, they were the realization of my fantasy burgers on the trip. That's the true story. I've heard other people and places claim that I stopped or cooked in their restaurants, but that is the way it happened."
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The link to the Pirate's Cove is that JB grew up in the area (Mobile and surrounding) and his sister is a bit of a restaurant mogul in the area (Lulu's). IOW - the people of the area lay claim to JB and the Pirate's Cove is like a JB song and has fantastic cheeseburgers.
 
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Whenever I see the name Perdido Key, I always think of it being pronounced as Purdy-Dokey.
 
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volinbham said:
To clear up the CBinP



The link to the Pirate's Cove is that JB grew up in the area (Mobile and surrounding) and his sister is a bit of a restaurant mogul in the area (Lulu's). IOW - the people of the area lay claim to JB and the Pirate's Cove is like a JB song and has fantastic cheeseburgers.
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So cabbage key can just blatantly lie on their menu and website?
 
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bignewt said:
So cabbage key can just blatantly lie on their menu and website?
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Commercial fishing boat Captain Jack M. Commercial Shrimp boat Captain Roger S. Commercial Stone Crab Captain Terry R. and several of their crew told me their version. They claim they were there when JB "penciled" the draft on a beverage napkin.

Fact. They believe their story.
Fact. They're fishermen.
Fact. Fishermen tell good "stories"

Another fact. Restaurant menus are full of lies.

My point is, it really doesn't matter to me and I don't think it does to anyone involved.
 
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Behr said:
Commercial fishing boat Captain Jack M. Commercial Shrimp boat Captain Roger S. Commercial Stone Crab Captain Terry R. and several of their crew told me their version. They claim they were there when JB "penciled" the draft on a beverage napkin.

Fact. They believe their story.
Fact. They're fishermen.
Fact. Fishermen tell good "stories"

Another fact. Restaurant menus are full of lies.

My point is, it really doesn't matter to me and I don't think it does to anyone involved.
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ah the grand scheme of things...
 
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