CAPTAIN MICK’S WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE TRANQUIL ADVENTURES:
Like having a favorite uncle with an accessible pontoon boat in Key Largo
By Steve Wright
Although Tranquil Adventures prides itself on providing outstanding accessibility, the trip out on the glistening waters has little to do with all the gear that makes it accommodating to people with even severe disabilities.
The trip is about gawking at luxury yachts and sponging boats.
It’s about looking at the last of the little trailer homes on the canals and the giant multistory million dollar houses that are displacing the shacks and trailers from the Keys.
It’s about coasting up the mangrove and seeing a great bird of prey, or a silly-looking pelican, sunning in its branches.
It’s about a stop for Cuban coffee at a mini marina over by the drawbridge.
It’s about tying off in a backwater canal and fishing for snapper.
It’s about docking at a fish joint and going inside for grilled grouper wraps and blackened tuna tacos.
It’s about getting a therapeutic massage around six and watching the fiery orange sun kiss the water’s edge at eight o’clock sunset.
It’s about catching a little fish and deciding to throw him back.
It’s about the relaxing feeling that comes over you when you see Captain Mick at the helm, barefoot and shooting you one of those knowing winks that says “heck yes this is paradise down here in Largo.”
It’s about new friends, old jokes and cold beverages under the Keys’ perpetual summer sun.
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