Blogs from Dry Tortugas National Park, Keys, Florida, United States, North America
Underwater Pictures from Dry Tortugas
Published: March 1st 2011North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Dry Tortugas National Park
March 1st 2011
Here are the underwater pictures from Kerry, Sara and Trevor snorkeling in the Dry Tortugas around Ft. Jefferson. I've also added a picture of Sara and Trevor with a mullet that jumped into their dinghy in the harbor the other day.... read more
Dry Tortugas National Park
Published: February 24th 2011North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Dry Tortugas National Park
February 24th 2011
Wednesday morning we were up at 4:00 AM. After a quick cup of coffee, we loaded our stuff into the dinghy to head for shore and the bus stop on US 1. We were halfway to the marina when the outboard quit and wouldn’t restart. Kerry had to row the rest of the way to the dinghy dock, not the way we hoped to start our adventure. Luckily, we had left a little early and were able to make our 5:30 bus with time to spare. The bus ride to Key West was uneventful and mostly in the dark. Not too many people riding the bus that early, so we were even a little early arriving at Publix in Key West. We caught our connecting bus and arrived at the harbor in time to check in. ... read more
Florida - Day 1: Key West & Dry Tortugas National Park
Published: July 16th 2008North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Dry Tortugas National Park
July 4th 2008
(Panorama above is the view of the outer walls of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park) Shreya and I visited South Florida for 4 days during July 4th weekend. Summer is not the right season to visit Southern Florida. It is the wet season with some occurrences of hurricanes. But, the bright side is the benefits of the “off-season”. That is, relatively less rush, cheaper hotels, etc. Key West is the southernmost city of Continental United States. It is 4 hours South West of Miami, accessible by the Overseas Highway (US Route 1). This scenic highway consists of 42 bridges connecting number of islands to the mainland USA. Key West holds a lot of historic significance. This city was a Spanish colony until Great Britain took over Florida in 1763. In 1982, Key West declared its ... read more
Key West and Dry Tortugas National Park
Published: December 1st 2007North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Dry Tortugas National Park
December 1st 2007
I took a short trip to south Florida over the thanksgiving weekend. It is usually a 4 days holiday in most offices in US. And it is a busy travel time in the airports and on the roads. It was a last moment decision to go that far. I mean, from DC to Key West, in a car guzzling the over $3 per gallon gas for a round trip of over 2800 miles! Flight tickets become a little costly just before the holidays and sometimes it is difficult to find agreeable flight times. Driving through Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, I finally reached my motel in Palm Bay. Next day I started early for Key West, which was about 6 hrs drive from Palm Bay. I had a seaplane flight scheduled for 12pm. On the way, a ... read more
Fort Jefferson
Published: January 28th 2005North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Dry Tortugas National Park
January 28th 2005
” The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysteries. It is the source of all true art and science“ A. Einstein … Web Places; if you run your mouse over these and click on the name you can learn more about the place we visit. Key West Dry Tortugas Fort Jefferson National Park January 28, Friday We were up early enough to watch the sunrise. On this little island we didn’t have to move very far. After breakfast we went kite flying. The wind was just perfect. Bob has a “stunt” kite with two cords controlling the kite, mine was much simpler but lots of fun. By 10:30 the boats began to arrive with lots of those tourists disturbing our peace?! We managed to catch up with the tour this time and had a ... read more
Trip to Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas
Published: January 27th 2005North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Dry Tortugas National Park
January 27th 2005
" The purpose of life is not to be happy ~ but to matter, to be productive, to be Useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all." ~ Leo Rosten” Web sites You can move your mouse over the name and click on the name and it will send you to a web site that will tell you about that place. Dry Tortugas Since it was necessary to be at the dock with our gear to be stored by 6:30AM, so we were up and moving by 5AM. The ferryboat is the Yankee Freedom II, it is a catamaran and it travels from Key West 70 miles to the island of the Dry Tortugas once a day. It is a two and a half hour trip. We settled ourselves at ... read more
