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“If I wait for perfect conditions I'll never begin Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.” Sun Tzu January 21, 2005, Friday. Before leaving the Everglades, we stopped at the Anhinga Trail, a photo heaven. It was bursting with birds and ‘gators, as well as bird watchers and photographers. Our next stop is the Keys, and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. We hoped to stay here, but it seems people make reservations a year in advance. So we took a trip into the mangroves by kayak and found a campground down the road a bit. We did some biking before dinner, laundry and bed! Well our campground, Calusa, was the campground from Hell. The noise level was awful until well after 1AM. Little did ... read more
Kayak
Draw bridge
Roosters home

North America » United States » Florida » Keys November 18th 2002

A couple of months before I met Jeremy, I was selected to go on a 2-week TDY to Key West, Florida. I didn't want to go. My suprevisor wanted to put my name in for it since I had never been on a TDY, but I'm not a water girl so the thought of spending 2 weeks on an island was not an enticing idea to me. In my career feild, there would be TDY's quite often, but there were bad TDY's (like Vegas) and good TDY's (like Canada). Key West was one that everyone wanted. My supervisor put my name in for it anyway, and I was selected by the Flight Chief to go. I was pretty upset to say the least. I'm scared of water, so all I was thinking was what am I ... read more
The aquarium wall in the Conch republic Seafood Co. restraunt
Looking off the side of a pier
looking off the side of a pier

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key West August 6th 2002

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North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key West July 31st 2001

Our ship put in at Key West on Day 4. In the harbor was a private yacht owned by an NFL quarterback (we never figured out which one). We rented a street-legal golf cart to tour the town. As you might expect, it then rained heavily. Our cart stalled in the middle of a flooded intersection and we had to be rescued. We skipped the Hemingway house (how many 5-toed cats do you need to see?) and went instead to Sloppy Joe's. Matthew and Michael had fun spotting the many Ernest Hemingway look-alikes. After we ate, the women led us on a shopping spree (what else?). Key West is a wonderful town and we all decided we would like to return someday.... read more
Key West
Key West

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key West March 21st 2001

If you're a Cuban, hit the shore and swim 90 miles north. If you're a tourist, get out of Miami and drive 3.5 hours south. We belong to the latter category; the tourists who have heard of this "must" when in southern Florida, this legendary trip to Key West. Surprisingly, the road isn't all that exciting. Movies display this romantic voyage on the highway on the water. In fact, it is merely a regular highway between and through the 40 or so islands - keys - before the final destination. Key West, the southernmost point on continental USA. This key makes it all worthwhile the trip though to what seems to be the most idyllic place on earth. Life is slow, tourists are slow, traffic is slow, even the pelicans are slow. People are friendly, people ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key Largo April 11th 1997

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key West April 10th 1997

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Key West
Key West
Key West

North America » United States » Florida » Keys » Key West June 19th 1995

Jun 19, 1995 *City official name :Key West *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Key West is a city and an island of the same name near the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is the county seat of Monroe County.GR6 Key West is known as the Southernmost City in the Continental United States and also as the Conch Republic. It is also the southern terminus of U.S. Route 1, State Road A1A and the East Coast Greenway. Key West is 129 miles (207 km) southwest (229.9 degrees) of Miami, Florida, (about 160 driving miles) and 106 miles (170 km) north northeast (21.2 degrees) of Havana, Cuba. Cuba, at its closest point is 98 sta... read more
Key West
Key West
Key West




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