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  This place is the mother of all dive bars! i've been to a lot of bars in my time and this one takes it all hands down! I know this place is in the middle of nowhere. I mean NO WHERE! Alligator country! So im here visiting with friends who live near this place. We walk in and literally the record player scratches to a halt and everyone in the bar (all of 4 of them) stop, turn and stare at us.  This is where it gets fun!
  
  People obviously know we're not from around these parts and quickly walk up to us and start introducing themselves. And here are the names they used... Giggalo Jim, Gator Mike and a few more i cant remember. Im not making this up. It was hard to keep a straight face. So we have some cocktails and play some pool and eat some of the best boiled peanuts that i've ever eaten. A bit later Gator Mike walks up to us and says "Ever been on an air boat?" We all reply "no" and he proceed to say, i know a guy who has one down the road who would love to take you guys out on it. Now i know I've been told not to go with strangers ever since i was a kid, but dammit if i didn't want to go on an air boat! I'm 6'6" and about 260lbs, so if they can lift me and kidnap me, they can have me! I just hope they have a strong back! So we all look at each other and tell Gator Mike that we're game to go do this air boat ride in the middle of a swamp, infested with alligators and with a guy we've never met. Here we go....
  Gator Mike drives in a car ahead of us and we follow him to the edge of a swamp where we see his friend. We get out, get introduced and off goes Mike. The air boat "captain" tells us to get on and buckle up, we do. he goes to the front of the air boat, open a compartment, pulls out a red cup, a bottle of Kessler Wiskey, some ice, fills the cup, fired up the boat and off we go. Im thinking to myself at this point that we're all dead and about about to be fed to the gators. But that wasnt the case at all. this guy was funny and actually pretty safe. we saw tons of gators, i got some great pictures (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jskeffphoto.com%2Fskeff%2Ftravels%2Fflorida%2Fflorida_07a.jpg&s=9f8460634e4c072700a17a728f1ac5925795d0dccad2bd62ad2a5db2d23e456d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.jskeffphoto.c…</a>, and <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jskeffphoto.com%2Fskeff%2Ftravels%2Fflorida%2Fgatora.jpg&s=5efb95c81ca0f371faf2579b5d2ef9c948f32b3f8830cd3929429abeaa1128fc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.jskeffphoto.c…</a>) and it was all crazy and fun and its a great story as you all can tell from this review. So if you're ever in the middle of no where in northern Florida, go here and enjoy the locals!

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  Posted on 10.14.08 Jarett S.

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