If you haven't seen the movie The African Queen, you probably should...it's a great old film. Katharine Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart...in a boat. Our local library has a copy of the movie & up in Key Largo, they have the actual boat! So Jeff and I sought it out the other day on our way back south. It's not much to look at, not very big at all [only 30 ft.], & time has taken it's toll...but it was a great stop to make, nevertheless. We had watched the movie the night before, so many of the details were fresh in our minds. The boat has been refitted with life jackets and a VHF and says it's available for charter. Jeff and I have our doubts about that.
And then since we were in that neck of the woods and in a tourist state of mind, we made another stop along the same theme at the Caribbean Club where the film Key Largo was filmed. 99% of the film was shot on a soundstage in Hollywood and most of the original building was destroyed in a fire, so there's not much to compare to the movie. They do have quite a bit of memorabilia and Bogey himself was ready to pose for pictures. There was a dog sleeping on the floor. The bartender was friendly and informative. And one of the patrons told us how he worked there as well...yet hung out on his day off...and told us about all the palms he had planted out back - as coconuts! It was pretty neat, and I'm sure we'll be stopping there again.
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