We went for a walk before heading out for dinner last night and I took a few photos of some of the spots here, in case you wanted to see what sites besides ours look like: It's a great location, and these are all bay front…there's a whole 'nother row…
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I love this line of people waiting to take their photos with the “Southernmost Point” marker. (Click photo to enlarge.) But more than that, I love the story of this thing. This point in Key West was originally marked with a sign, but the sign kept getting stolen. The city…
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This is going to be a long post, with tons of photos. I'll just get that out there right now. A couple days ago we learned that for not THAT much more than taking the ferry out to Dry Tortugas National Park (about 70 miles west of Key West) you…
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Sometime in the middle of the night last night, there began a fantastic storm. The lightning was what woke me up…flashing right through my eyelids. I got up to refill my water glass. Flash. Flash. Flash. The bursts were no more then 10 seconds apart, accompanied by loud low rumbling…
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I know, it's another picture of the Old Bahia Honda Bridge. It's also the last night of our stay here before we head further south down towards Key West. Anyone know what this cool little bird is? It flew in making quite a racket, and when its mouth was open…
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For lunch today we skipped down a few keys to Cudjoe Key and grabbed some sandwiches at The Square Grouper. Great lunch! When we came back outside it had started raining (the as-promised-afternoon-thunderstorm). Silvery palm in the parking lot (but I don't think it's an official "Silver Palm" like in…
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This morning we went for a walk out onto the Old Bahia Honda Bridge: View from the trail out to the bridge: Originally part of the Overseas Railway, the State of Florida purchased it after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it to provide automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. After a replacement…
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This morning (after kayaking with manatees!!!) we headed down to Bahia Honda State Park (another 20 minute drive further down the Keys). Here's our new campsite/office location: Here are a few shots from the drive down. This is Pigeon Key: Both new and old Seven Mile Bridge with Pigeon Key in the…
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This morning over at Curry Hammock State Park we got up early so we could rent a tandem kayak for a couple hours before we headed out (and before our West Coast office was awake). We paddled out to the sandbar (about 1/4 mile from shore): And around Little Crawl…
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