Sitting in a rented beach house in Grayton, I googled "Gene Florence - Patrones" and found my way to this forum. We stumbled upon that magical place in 1994. Our kids were 15, 12 and 7. They ate pizza in the room while gene and BJ welcomed us to a crawdad boil with Denise and a hodgepodge of locals. There was a guy named Miles who was traveling the coast of Florida looking for a place to retire. He found Patrones and just stayed. Frank was a recently retired Firefighter from Connecticut, who also showed no inclination to leave.
I remember the pig trying to eat the baby goats, but they were much too fast to be caught. By the next day, they were standing on its back. We returned again in 1996...wonderful memories...wonderful people....I will try to find photos when I return home to Wisconsin...