Robert is Here

 

On our way to the airport it was already discussed that Robert is here would be our very first stop the next morning upon our arrival in Homestead, FL.

 What we know them for is the most delicious milkshakes and smoothies we have ever had!  They even have an animal farm behind the fruit stand for your enjoyment while sitting at one of the picnic tables drinking your shake.

They open at 9:00am so we delayed our morning departure for the day to coincide with the opening.

After getting our milkshakes Strawberry, Pineapple, and Mango! 😋We went out back to watch the animals

The Tortoises were moving at a pretty good pace.

The Ostrich was out strutting his stuff!

Goats are an absolute blast to watch play! Check out Mr. Tortoise heading back to his man cave.

This is a Muscovy Duck. Muscovy Ducks are the only ducks not descendants of Mallards.  They do not even speak the same language as all of the other ducks. The girls make a trill sound and the boys make a huff huff sound.

Mr. Goat say Raspberry to you.

We had the great pleasure to spend a little of time with Robert. He is a really cool guy. He told us the story of how the name came about.   When he was six years old in 1959 his father to go and sell the fruits and veggies on the corner so they would not waste the extra produce they were getting from the farm. 

Roberts father sat him on the corner of W 192nd and SW 344th. He sat there the entire day and no one stopped and bought anything from young Robert.

Well that didn’t work Robert’s dad decided the people must not be able to see him, therefore not know he is here. So he took a hurricane shutter and painted in big red letters “Robert Is Here” Robert sold everything he had and now 63 years later his fruit stand is still on the same corner.  To this day it is a family-owned and operated fruit stand.  They specialize in Rare & Exotic fruits and vegetables, mostly grown right there on their 40 acre farm.