Key West

On our way down to Key West, we stopped at the WORLD FAMOUS Islamorada Fish Company in Islamorada Key.  Awesome lunch.  When we got to Key West...and checked into our B&B, we took a city tour, and saw the lighthouse that "used to be on the point of Key West, but is now in the middle of the Key because the Navy added dredged silt to the Key to make it bigger because they needed more space back in 1942.  Also the small capsul on the right is the southern most point of the United States.  We were there!

The chickens, hens and roosters are an interesting story.  A law put on the books to preserve the flamingo's, and other precious birds, apparently included the chicken family...so they are a protected species on Key West...the cat even knows it's a NO NO to attack.  The fine for killing a hen or rooster is greater than the fine for running over a pedestrian.  Go figure.  Famous author houses everywhere...and of course we've got the WORLD FAMOUS KEY LIME PIE...sorry, we're not much for desserts, so didn't try...but we did have dinner at the WORLD FAMOUS CONCH restaurant.  :-)  Awesome food, and right on the edge of the ocean.

The fun part of the evening was joining everyone for the sunset celebration.  Acts line up and do their thing starting at about 5:00 in the evening.  Singers...circus type acts...really a fun place to be down on the waterfront.


Several ships went out a ways to watch the sunset.  We chose to sit in a covered area on the wharf in front of the Westin Hotel.  There were thousands there for the sunset celebrations

The sunset was spectacular!!!!!

Our B&B was fun.  Had a garden for breakfast...a small heated swimming pool, and every room was named for an author.  Fun place.