Take an imaginary one day trip through Key West in January from sunrise through sunset as seen through the lens of my camera. Just so you are aware, this tour actually takes several days or possibly an Alaskan summer day.
This is a selection from the over 1,000 photos I took while traveling thorugh the Florida Keys and the Everglades and are intended to give a brief overview of Key West.
After setting up the Isata motorhome in the NAS RV Park at Trumbo Point we take a short trip across the island to catch the sunrise at Smathers Beach
After sunrise we drive to the Southernmost Point monument for the obligatory tourist photo op.
After leaving the Southernmost Point, we chance across the Key West Nature Preserve. This is probably the only nature preserve in the country with no nature watch access!
Our next stop of the day is at the Key West butterfly conservatory. They have a lot of very friendly butterflys in a natural tropical setting. Note that even though the butterflys are friendly, there is a no petting rule.
Next we take a ride on the Conch Tour Train to give us an orientation to Key West and help us plan the rest of our day.
We see some colorful houseboats.
An artist
The aquarium
Fort Zachary Taylor is next on our list. Maybe I should give a prize to the first person to identify the function of this room.
As in many old forts, there are a lot of arches.
Time to move on albeit at a turtles pace now.
I have seen cars towing motorcycles and motorhomes towing cars, but a motorcycle towing a car?
This is Key West and no tour would be complete without a visit to the beaches and some palm trees.
Lunch time.
And after lunch, a siesta of course.
After our siesta, we take a ride on the Fast Cat to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas.
Fort Jefferson was built in the early - mid 1800's but was never used except as a prison until the 1900's. At right is the remains of one of the coal docks used by the navy.
Okay, this is getting to be a long day and sunset is approaching. Mallory Square is a must do for the sunset celebration.
Here you will find many street musicians and other performers entertaining the crowds every day before sunset.
Of course if you would rather see the sunset from a schooner, there are several offering sunset cruises.
Or, stay with the crowd and enjoy some conch fritters, key lime pie and other delicacies.
Sunset signifies the end of our day in Key West but I couldn't resist showing this Key Deer from Big Pine Key. These guys are an endangered species and are found only in some of the lower keys.
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OK, for the chicken lovers among you I added one of the famous Key West chickens.
Bonus pictures - Look at the motors on these - V8's!!!!!
