Blogs from Key West, Keys, Florida, United States, North America - page 16

After a terrible night sleep in the backseat of the van, which was so incredibly stinking hot, we woke ready for an awesome day out on the sea. We got into our bathers and headed down to the boat docks in Key West. Today we had a full day of water sports including jet skis, scuba diving, swimming, sailing, kayaking etc. We were joined with the other trek group at the pier and waited around for our boat. Suddenly a coconut fell from tree and hit the ground, it was lucky that no one was underneath it. As we continued to wait some guys from the other group smashed it open and we all shared fresh coconut, it was great. Finally we got the word, the sea trip, was cancelled. It was too windy to go ... read more

In May of 2007 i took a 3 week trip traveling from my North Carolina home to the Florida Keys and Keywest . This was the most beautiful drive along the coast ! The water is as blue as any i have ever seen. The marsh and sand bars that can be seen along the drive is outstanding ! This is a paradise for all types of water sports and seems to be in a world all it's own ! The sands are white and the sun bathing plenty ! May i highly suggest if doing any water activties that you check into a tour with one of the many water tour companies in the area . Shop around for the best price as each tour offers something different in the way of activities and meals ... read more

Hey guys .. Sorry for the long time since my last post - we've done a lot of travelling and havent managed to find time till now to update it.. Anyway heres a quick rundown of what I've been up to since New York. Met my fellow trekkers last sat morning - 6 guys and 6 girls - we've all got on pretty good so far which is good! First visit on the trek was Washington DC - here we checked out all the national memorials and I went and had coffee with Mr Bush in the WHite House! lol.. not really - duH! There was a lot of museums here which are all free which was good - I went to a holocaust museum and an air and space one which was cool. It was ... read more

As I’m sure you can imagine from my previous entry, we had to get up and get out this morning or we would have stayed on Little Palm forever. We were on the 9:00 boat, in the car by 9:30 and in Key West by 10:30. What a place. I had heard that it is the end of the line and - boy howdy - is it. I have never seen so many odd people in one place in my life. We checked into an absolutely gorgeous hotel - The Gardens. It is an old Key West home that was made famous in its day by the woman who owned it, one Peggy Mills. She devoted her life to her garden and it has been maintained to this day. Absolutely stunning. Unfortunately, we had our list ... read more

Untitled Pierce Tomorrow I will get up early one last time, I will drive the ten miles through Fayetteville, North Carolina to Fort Bragg one last time, I will go to the chow hall for two dollar breakfast one last time, and I will walk through the post out-processing station one last time. Tomorrow is the last day I will be an active duty US Army artillery officer. The last four years has been difficult, complicated, stressful, exhausting, depressing, exciting, adventurous, inspirational, fun, awesome, and a whole lot of words that I would rather not mention. I don't think I would have wanted it any other way. I have learned a lot about the world and myself, met a lot of great people and will always cherish these experiences, good and bad, and will never forget ... read more