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While Julianna, Dylan, and I were waiting for Landon’s rescue, I asked around about nearby restaurants with outdoor seating. She was so patient with him while he faced his fear and it made our day. Almost.Īmanda went above and beyond to ensure Landon faced his fear, had fun, and she even gifted him with a shark tooth necklace. So, Landon and Colin were the only ones to go to the top. If you’re afraid of heights, it’s not something you get really excited about. You can see all the way up and all the way down. The stairs that take you to the top of the lighthouse are made up of grating, so they’re not solid, and they are tightly spiraled all the way up.
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After five steps I looked at Julianna and asked her, “Do you think you’ll be able to walk down lots of steps like these?” When they reached the bottom, she asked all the kind people waiting to give Landon a round of applause for climbing 70 steps. Luckily, there is an employee named Amanda at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum who is a child-whisperer who raced to the lighthouse in a golf cart, flew up 70 steps of stairs, and calmly talked to and walked Landon down the seven stories – her in front of Landon with Colin behind him. They were stuck at the last landing by the window because Landon wasn’t budging. So, after Landon got 3/4 of the way up the lighthouse stairs with his dad, he was too tired to go on… and too scared to walk down the steps.Īs you can imagine, this caused quite the holdup for people trying to go down and wanting to go up. What I didn’t take into account, was that my husband Colin and I would need to take turns with each child because the youngest, Dylan at 9-months, can’t climb stairs… and that my son Landon and I are afraid of heights. I got the brilliant idea that we could all climb to the top… all 105 steps. Our first stop was the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. So, we grabbed our face masks and headed to Jupiter, Florida – just a 45-minute drive from our home in Wellington. I wanted to be a tourist where I live in South Florida. So if you want to check out a great family restaurant that has a beach vibe far from any sandy shore, hit up Dune Dog Cafe.After spending every day at home for months, I wanted to get out and do something new. Nevertheless, as I wiped the sticky saucy aftermath from my fingers and mouth, I could see that Dune Dog truly did live up to the hype. Actually, the only thing that ruffled my feathers was the bleu cheese dressing that seemed oddly acidic. Not only was there plenty of meat, but the crisp batter, smoky barbecue sauce, and slightly aromatic sesame sauce really made me think that something this great for the cheap price was fowl. As for the taste, I was greatly satisfied. Once we all polished that off, my wings came out, and they looked like a smaller version of Hooter’s wings that I am ever so fond of. It consisted of waffle fries piled high with all the classic nacho toppings like two types of cheddar, olives, guacamole, onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Regional differences aside, this was one tasty platter.
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Being Yankees ourselves, we found it interesting that they see us as people who only eat potatoes instead of tortilla chips.
#Dune dog free#
Apparently, one of the waiter’s mom’s worked with my mom’s friend who we were eating with, so we got a free appetizer called “Yankee nachos”. The prices were very reasonable (5-12 dollars for a meal. Ten wings with half barbecue sauce and half sesame sauce. After looking over the menu that had mainly American food like burgers, salads, hot dogs, and chicken wings, I went for the last option. It was more relaxing since we didn’t have hordes of hungry diners giving us the evil eye for not eating quickly enough. We made our way around to the back part of the restaurant. After about 45 minutes of leaning up against our rental car, baking in the noon sun, and watching crowds of urchins wrestle with each other as their mothers attempted to corral them, our reservation name was called. So when we arrived, it was a small, tropical shack of sorts that was all open air dining which once again made me wonder what they did when the winds and rain picked up as they always seemed to do in the afternoon in Florida? Pondering aside, it looked like the natives were quite restless as a line streamed out the front of the hut as we attempted to find a spot in their meager parking lot. I didn’t know what really to expect in terms of food, but my parents were raving about it. My final lunch on vacation took place in an eatery called Dune Dog Cafe located at 775 N. Today’s entry on Mastication Monologues is a short one and the penultimate in my Florida food chronicle.