Old, dysfunctional bridge that used to serve as the main link from the mainland down the Florida Keys, with me in the mirror.
Info on Key West, Florida from Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West
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Key West 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. The city encompasses the namesake island, the part of Stock Island north of US-1 (the Overseas Highway) (east), Sigsbee Park (north, originally known as Dredgers Key), Fleming Key (north), and Sunset Key (west, originally known as Tank Island). Nearby Wisteria Island (northwest) and Key Haven (northeast) are unincorporated. Both Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park are part of the NAS Key West and are inaccessible by civilians. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County.GR6 Key West is known as the Southernmost City in the Continental United States. 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,[1] (about 160 driving miles) and 106 miles (170 km) north northeast (21.2 degrees) of Havana, Cuba.[2] Cuba, at its closest point is 98 statute (85 nautical) miles due south.[3] Key West is a seaport destination for many passenger cruise ships. |
A view of the keys out the car window driving south
Plant life poking up out of the shallow waters of the keys
Guido and his euro-stance during a stop in Islamorada (eye-la-morada) for lunch.
Having lived in Saudi Arabia for a couple years I thought the name of the town was Islam-Orada, and I thought, "This oughta be interesting."
But upon reading about it in my tourist book, it's pronounced "eye-la-morada" and there was nary a mosque in sight!
Local wild life watching tourists eat lunch at a neighboring waterside restaurant.
Key West rooster. They seemed to be everywhere!
Scads of places in Key West are billed as "Southernmost X" or "Southernmost Y".
Technically, the southern most place in any US state is on the Big Island of Hawaii, which I happened to also visit back in January.
Along Duval Street in Key West
The southernmost house in the continental US
Not sure why I took this picture. Maybe the little kitty on the Coffee & Tea House sign?!
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St. Paul's Church St. Paul's was the first church to be built in Key West. The original structure was built in 1838 and was constructed of coral rock but the church was destroyed by a hurricane in 1846. A replacement wooden frame church was built but destroyed by fire in 1886. A hurricane again destroyed the structure in 1909. The current concrete church was constructed in 1919. |
The western portion of Duval Street near Front Street.
Interestingly, the Gulf of Mexico is at one end of Duval Street and the Atlantic Ocean at the other side just a mile or so away.
The Gulf of Mexico
Mile Zero of Highway 1
Church in Key West that looks like it's been scoured by one too many hurricanes.
Tiny little dump in Key West that sits on property that's probably worth in excess of $1 million.
Crazy sea shell car in Key West
I wonder if he uses Shell gas in his car? Budump bump! Uh. . .
Ernest Hemmingway home and museum. Mr. Hemmingway lived here for over 10 years.
Beautiful home and palm trees in Key West
You'd better watch out for falling coconuts in Key West! That would hurt!
Pretty Key West flowers. Anyone know what kind they are?
Quaint little homes in Key West
Guido from Italy in his Jamaica shirt surrounded by America
If you like roosters, Key West is the place for you! They're all over the place.
Driving up Highway 1 along the Florida Keys.
I like how the sign in back promotes the well being of Key Deer and not Key Drivers!
Our car rental
Taking a nice pit stop at Bahia Honda State Park. (Pronounced: bay-ah)
Me at Bahia Honda
Ah. . . life under a palm tree!
Scraggly bush branches at Bahia Honda
Vines snaking their way down the sand toward the water
Bahia Honda Beach
My lone sandal in the sand
A friend I made while sunbathing
Guido enjoying the sun, sand and scenery
Believe it or not, I was able to get a bit of a tan after 9 days of non-stop solar exposure on the trip though it may not be apparent here.
I'm sure it'll all disappear within the next few days now that I'm back in San Francisco!
Pelicans swimming around looking for food
Guido hanging out on the beach
Guido about to be attacked by a wondering vine
I'm not sure what's more interesting: the pelicans dive bombing fish or the man in the background watching?
Me talking a little walk out into the shallow waters off the beach with my digital camera. Better not get it wet!
Guido soaking up the sun in the shallow waters of the Keys.
The view of Bahia Honda Beach from the shallow waters well off shore.
A small family beach at Bahia Honda in the Florida Keys. Scroll right for the whole picture --->>>
Any guesses on why they call it the Seven Mile Bridge?
Driving up the Overseas Highway from Key West to the mainland
The Ship, Grand Cayman Island, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Miami Beach, Florida
Caribbean Cruise / Megalinks Homesite
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