Blogs from Key West, Keys, Florida, United States, North America - page 9

I woke up at 7am, a little later than I wanted to, to prepare and get ready for a long day ahead at the Keys in Florida. I headed out to the store to get some sandwiches, orange juice and water - which were surprisingly cheap compared to the places we had been. It wasn't as warm as it was the day before and I felt that just wearing a t-shirt and swimming trunks was maybe a little inappropriate or too little. We left Miami at 8am and drove for 3 and a half hours down to the southern most point of Florida (and mainland USA). The drive was beautiful. After we passed the Everglades national park, where there are is supposedly crocodiles and other wildlife, we came to the tip of Florida and started to ... read more

Our winter trip this year took us to our old stand by Key West.... read more

Hello again from us on our Journey. Things are great, people are good and the weather is awesome. Mon- Nov 01, 2010 We are really starting to suck at sleeping in and so again we are up with the sun and after chatting until about 10:00 a.m with the other hostel guests in Charleston South Carolina, we packed up our gear and  headed towards Savannah Georgia.  We didn't have a long ride ahead of us so we kinda took our time and meandered through a couple of different towns. The sun was very toasty warm, and we wanted to enjoy the warmth so we decided to stop early for the day and just chill in the sun.  We found a cheap hotel, unloaded the gear, threw on swim suits, found the pool and parked our butts ... read more

Here's the link to TWO blogs... ILLUSTRATED. The text below isn't illuystrated... http://www.JimmyBoi2.wordpress.com A Key West Treasure- The Albury House August 13, 2010 This is my favorite house in Key West. It had been in the Albury family since being built in the 1800s. The house’s last occupant, Bonnie Albury, died in 2007. I had the privilege of being glared at by her once while strolling past the house. The place is now up for sale… and needs a lot of work, most notably on the exterior. It needed attention when I first saw it in 1985, and it needs even more now. But it’s beautiful- its ancient Key West soul glows. I can’t get enough of this house… here are some shots from August 2010… And here’s a resident’s blog about Bonnie, and her life ... read more

This last week has been fast and furious! We sailed into Key West, pulled into the marina, and then it was time to get to work. We had to organize and plan all the details for the last leg of our journey... which is how to get the boat from Key West to Kemah, TX? Our original plan was to sail up the west coast of Florida, over to New Orleans, and finally into Galveston Bay, stopping at a couple of great anchorages along the way. Which was a perfectly good idea... right?!?! But that all changed when the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and created one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history right in our path. Obviously, we couldn't sail our boat thru the oil spill even if we wanted to. Not ... read more