Thanks for the input guys, I don't know if we can get in to Hawk's on the dates we are looking at right now, this kinda a spur of the moment vacation.....

A little money saver (like 50%) is to book a villa through VRBO.com instead of directly from Hawk's Cay. Now renting from the owner prevents you from using the hotel amenities but putting your boat in the marina/renting the slip behind the villa from them gets all the hotel privileges back! :D

Check out Lorelei's on the "north side of Islamorada" excellent food and first rate entertainment every time I've been there. You can get to it by water, although we had to use a tender .................................................. ................Rjr............................... ........................

They have a marina right next to it with some 30-40 ft boats so there has to be a way in other than a tender.

you know your right, forgot about the marina near by, never made it over to the marina, most of the trip was a blur, .................................................. .rjr............................................

yup she'll be fine and have a blast...Good waters to boat in and not far to the tiki bar or Burdines by water.

Not true,,been going there the last 10 years,,(daughters are now 21 and 23 and they dont want to go with us any more..lol)
you can drive anywhere from there,,lots of nice restaurants ,,KW is 60 miles away,,bohia beach is not too far,,

Look into Hawks Key(CAY) that is on Marathon key I beleive. Also look into Holidy Isle which is on Isle Morada http://holidayisle.com/

I have stayed in the keys for about 15 years visiting my grand parents, personally the better areas to be is in the middle of the chain to key West. not much to see in the northern keys.

thanks guys, still trying to decide where to go?