I am fan of Jimmy Buffet and this song is my favorite.  Over the years I have talked to many Buffet fans and most of them can't seem to pick out just one of the many songs they know by heart as their favorites but I can decidedly say that this one is my fav.

It brings me back to a time that I experienced back when I was a teenager.  Dad would always like to go to the Florida Keys to do some fishing.  I could tell so many stories of those times and I am so thankful that I have the memories from that time.  But once a weekend day we would go fishing somewhere in the Keys.  Catching something from grunts to groupers to yellowtails.  When we would go to the Gulf Stream it was big game time.  Marlin.  Mackeril.  Tuna.  Shark.  Mahi Mahi(Dolphin).

But when the day was done and we were all sunburned dad would head the boat back home.  Most times we would go back to the place where we docked off from, clean the fish and head back home.  But sometimes things were different.  Sometimes we would head to some particular harbor.  Some I remember well and some I don't.  But there is this one place I know we went too. 

My hair was all dried out with salt in it from the sea.  It was scorching hot, I was tired, hungry, thin and sunburnt.  That's what you get from setting and pulling the anchor all day.  We walked in to this place and me being a preppy I thought it was a trash joint.  Maybe a biker joint, idk.  Dad had me throw the ropes to tie down the boat.  I jumped off and secured it.  We secured the rods and went inside.  Me being underage apparently did not matter back in those days.  Just a cold beer and some conch fritters was all I wanted.  I ordered and it was delivered.  Man they were good!  They were the best fritters I had ever had.  To this day I remember them.  Forget about being preppy, this was a cool place.  The folks were great and a live band to boot!  I was just wishing I had a babe there with me.

To this day I do not know where that place was.  I like to think it was at Card Sound Bridge but I know it was not.  All I know is that once and while when I hear that song it brings me back to those days that I miss.  Thankful that I got to have the time to enjoy them.  I guess that this is my Thanksgiving precursor for the day a coming.

"But There's that One Particular Harbor".