Blogs from Key West, Keys, Florida, United States, North America - page 8

18:08 Local Time. I hope I can remember enough from day 1 to write it down. We actually made it out of the door on time. 5 minutes after midnight and we were already rolling after taking a few minutes in the Jeep to get everything situated for the drive. Nothing exceptional about the trip. Our place is only about 20 minutes from being on I95 at the south end of Jax. Had enough gas in the tank to make it to St Augustine. $50 later we had a full tank across the street from the outlet mall and were headed back out onto the road. Alot of 95 was blanketed in smoke. I have no idea what it was from. But it made driving a little more interesting. Part of me hoped there was some ... read more

Key West story 26 Feb. (on a Greyhound going N from Miami – no wifi) After my previous “what I hate about Miami” blog I was wondering what I was going to say about going to Key West (KW). I arrived in KW and fired up the wifi (as modern travellers do) to find an email from friend Andrew to the effect of “don’t bother – likely worst tourist disappointment of my life”. Well, there’s a challenge to be met – make it better (but not worse) than Andrew! So Andrew if you are reading this – shame! I do not know the full circumstances of his stay there so can only comment on my own obviously. I almost did not go at all – it’s a 4 ¼ hr bus trip from Miami and I ... read more

Voilà maintenant plus de 2 semaines déjà que nous sommes à Key West. Les Charbonneau ont cédé leur place à ma sœur Adèle et notre beau-frère Michel de Québec. Nous avons eu beaucoup de bon temps avec eux et nous leur sommes reconnaissants d’avoir accepté de se joindre à nous. Ils sont retournés à Québec lundi matin très tôt et ils ont du faire face rapidement aux rigueurs de l’hiver, une bonne tempête les accueillaient. Key West is very special with its narrow streets, historical houses with beautiful gardens, lots of vegetation, bars and art galleries. Bicycles, scooters and electric cars are the means of transportation. It is also a destination for cruise ships and the port can accommodate 3 at the same time. This means the population increases by 10-12,000 people at once. Key West ... read more

When we were getting ready to leave Chicago, I told Jan that I didn't care if we did anything down here except lay around and relax. Well, we're doing plenty of that! The weather has been better than the 10 day forecasts were saying last week at home. It was in the high 80's Friday when we arrived and Saturday through Monday it was in the low 80's and SUNNY each day. As much as I love winter snow and snowmobiling, the one thing I hate and I guess we all hate in the northern climes during the winter is the abundance of gray overcast days. The sunny clear weather is a tonic for the soul. The forecast for Tuesday was for a cool day, with a high of 71, so we decided that would be ... read more

We really enjoyed Key West despite wasting a little time looking for a pirate museum in the guide book that had moved to St Augustine. The harbor was fabulous and very dog friendly with one ice cream parlor allowing Casper into the ice cream parlor itself and several people bringing him water. We were also able to have him with us at lunch as long as we sat outside. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to tour Truman's Little White House as it was closed when we got there and if I could do one thing over in Key West it would be to save the Harbor for after the museum as the stores and restaurants along the harbor stayed open long after 5 PM which was when the museums closed. That said it was still ... read more