Saturday, February 26, 2011
Cheri Feb-24-11
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Sharp's Travels
We were up by 5AM and by 7:30 we were ready to head for Key West. Robyn and her friends planned to take their car down, so Gay and I were off to find a place for breakfast. We found a bakery/restaurant and by the time we had our order in the girls walked in. Within ½ hour we had eaten and were on our way.
Most of the way down the speed limit was only 45 MPH. I got a few shot of the bridge going up so the big boats could pass through and a few shots of the ocean as we were crossing the 7 mile bridge.
As soon as we arrived on Key West we found a Welcome Center and were advised where to park and we bought our trolley tickets. For one price you can hop on and off the trolley all day at any location. This island is only 18 ft above sea level.
While we were waiting to board the trolley we checked out the old truck there, the sponge man, and the yachts in the harbor.
We made our way to the oldest house in Key West. The tour was free! There was a guide inside that gave us the history of the house and summer kitchen in the back. Some of the furnishing was original to the house. There are over 3,000 houses on the island that are on the Historic Building List.
We had to check out the USCGC Mohawk and USSCGC Ingham, ships anchored in the harbor. Gay got pictures but they wanted $15 per person to tour them so we passed on that and headed to the Florida Keys Eco Center. They had some real underwater tanks of the reefs and pretty salt water colorful fish.
Everyone has to get their picture by Mile Marker 0, the end of HWY 1! Been there, got that!
We passed by Ernest Hemingway Home and headed on to Key West Lighthouse. It was built in 1847. We climbed to the top, 88 steps and what beautiful views from the top. We checked out the lighthouse keepers quarters and we on our way.
It is a must to have your picture taken by the landmark of the Southernmost Point in the Continental United States. There was a big line of people there so I just sat on the wall surrounding it and Gay got the pictures. Also saw a house listed for sale at 2.2 million. It was in terrible shape. Property is high down there.
We found Kermit’s Key Lime Pie Shop and took a break for a Key Lime Milkshake and frozen Key Lime Pie on a stick, dipped in chocolate. Very good, that was lunch!
Gay wanted to buy a tee-shirt from the Hog’s Breath Saloon. They had lots of choices to pick from but he finally settled on one, it goes along with his Harley Davidson Shirt from Key West.
We headed for Mallory Square and checked out the shops there. We did lots of walking are we were both ready to find a place to sit down and watch that beautiful sunset.
We were ready to make that 2 hour drive home and fall into bed!
For pictures of the day see album: Key West or go to this link.
https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels/KeyWest#
Most of the way down the speed limit was only 45 MPH. I got a few shot of the bridge going up so the big boats could pass through and a few shots of the ocean as we were crossing the 7 mile bridge.
As soon as we arrived on Key West we found a Welcome Center and were advised where to park and we bought our trolley tickets. For one price you can hop on and off the trolley all day at any location. This island is only 18 ft above sea level.
While we were waiting to board the trolley we checked out the old truck there, the sponge man, and the yachts in the harbor.
We made our way to the oldest house in Key West. The tour was free! There was a guide inside that gave us the history of the house and summer kitchen in the back. Some of the furnishing was original to the house. There are over 3,000 houses on the island that are on the Historic Building List.
We had to check out the USCGC Mohawk and USSCGC Ingham, ships anchored in the harbor. Gay got pictures but they wanted $15 per person to tour them so we passed on that and headed to the Florida Keys Eco Center. They had some real underwater tanks of the reefs and pretty salt water colorful fish.
Everyone has to get their picture by Mile Marker 0, the end of HWY 1! Been there, got that!
We passed by Ernest Hemingway Home and headed on to Key West Lighthouse. It was built in 1847. We climbed to the top, 88 steps and what beautiful views from the top. We checked out the lighthouse keepers quarters and we on our way.
It is a must to have your picture taken by the landmark of the Southernmost Point in the Continental United States. There was a big line of people there so I just sat on the wall surrounding it and Gay got the pictures. Also saw a house listed for sale at 2.2 million. It was in terrible shape. Property is high down there.
We found Kermit’s Key Lime Pie Shop and took a break for a Key Lime Milkshake and frozen Key Lime Pie on a stick, dipped in chocolate. Very good, that was lunch!
Gay wanted to buy a tee-shirt from the Hog’s Breath Saloon. They had lots of choices to pick from but he finally settled on one, it goes along with his Harley Davidson Shirt from Key West.
We headed for Mallory Square and checked out the shops there. We did lots of walking are we were both ready to find a place to sit down and watch that beautiful sunset.
We were ready to make that 2 hour drive home and fall into bed!
For pictures of the day see album: Key West or go to this link.
https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels/KeyWest#
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