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March 20 Day 13, Marathon to Key West to Marathon by bus.50 miles each way.

All can rest now that Rick and Wayne are back from Key West. We behaved ourselves and acted like senior tourists. We took the conch train around Key West to see the many sights and learned the history of the Island. We went to the ship wreck museum and found out that from1850 to 1900, salvaging ships wrecked on the Florida Reef was a major source of income for the Island. For a-wile Key West was the richest city in Florida. Then the Government installed aids to navigation and put Key West into a depression. That's just like the Government! We also visited Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum. Mel Fisher is the diver who found the sunken Spanish Armada off Florida’s coast. They have recovered over $400 million of gold and silver so far. It's a very interesting story and was made into a movie.

We had dinner and a few beers at Sloppy Joe’s and listened to a very entertaining band. It’s Spring Break and all the crazy kids were waking up about the time we needed to catch the bus back to Marathon at 8:30PM. We thought about sticking around and catching the 11:00 PM bus so we could check out the wet tee-shirt or shirtless contests, but decided we had seen enough.

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