We left about 9 in the morning and headed south to the most southern point in the USA...or as Daniel says, about as far south of Qualicum Beach as possible...lol
This is a shot of the 7 mile bridge between a couple of the Keys...Florida Key's are actually a bunch of little islands linked togeather by bridges. The whole trip down from Key Largo to Key West is about 120 miles. But since it is mostly a two lane highway, it takes about 3 hours. You can imagine the accidents that happen on this road. Imagine a day in the sun, on a boat and having a few cocktails, the weather is warm all day and into the night, then a two lane highway where everyone wants to just get home quickly. Can be very disastorous...
They have a sign at the start of the drive that lists the number of fatalites on the road to date. We headed down on the 8th and already there was one person killed. Crazy hey? That is why we stay away on the weekends. Never mind that it would probably take 4 or more hours to get there with heavy traffic.
Thank goodness, we were safe both coming and going...and while we were there. Lots of fun
In Mallory square...a cute little shopping area near the peir. See how far Havana is from there?
The big Mile 0...or the end of the road. Or the start depending on where you are at... As you can see we rented some scooters and had a BLAST...now that is the way to travel around a cool little seaport town like Key West. Mine has some funky hibiscus flowers on it. I did have a hoot when I was riding it. I did however keep looking for the clutch and back brake ... LOL
And here, is the most southern point in the continental USA...only 90 miles to Havana Cuba and just over 150 to Miami FL...fun
Some local architecture....so nice
and a landmark. Good old Earnst Hemmingway lived here in this house. He wrote from here as well.....paradise for everyone
And then for our friends Joe and Julie....when in Key West, you have to go to Margaritaville. LOL
We had lunch at a place called Fogarhty's. Very good. They serve alot of Dolphin....I know I freaked out too but it is actually a fish which is not a propoise. It is more commonly known as Mahi Mahi or in Mexico, Durado.We spotted this brave rooster in the restaurant...I thought of Jackie in Las Vegas...but it was funny because there were roosters and chickens EVERYWHERE in Key West. In the bushes at the gas stations, on the lawn in front of the town hall, cruising down alleys. I mean everywhere! When we head back down, I will ask someone what the heck that is all about.
So, of course we wanted to walk the boardwalk and check out the sunset. We were nicely surprised at what we found. Around the sunset hour, it seems like the whole town heads down to the boardwald or seawalk. And, although no one knows how it all began, some how a sunset celebration started. There are buskers, musicians, bag pipers, jewelry makers, food stands (grilled pretzels, sausage kabobs, popcorn ect. As well as people selling beer, fruity slushy drinks, and other cocktails...
Some of the hotels have patio's set up right at the railing so you can enjoy dinner and watch the most romatic sunset I have seen for awhile.
One of the fellows busking is called The Cat Man and he is like a flunked out lion trainer. But he has the cats trained to do all kinds of things. Like jumping from one tall seat to another and actually jumping through a ring of fire.
If you look on the rope, you will see a calico kitty stretched out on it....Kinka cool
They also had bi-plane tours of the sunset
Or, you could take a sunset cruise on a clipper
It really was a romatic spot for us....here is my smiling boy
And here is our beautiful Key West sunset...I feel like it was made just for us. BEAUTIFUL
Notice the tall ship directly in the middle of the setting sun
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