Marathon, FL - 2/22/11 & 2/23/11 (days 25 & 26)

Tuesday (2/22) was our day to do nothing. Ricki spent the day at the pool and since I had this stupid summer cold, just hung around the boat. We needed our rest because we had planned to go back to Key West on Thursday with Skip and Barb. Neither of them had been there before so it would be entertaining to be with them in this environment.



On Wednesday we left before noon (so we could have breakfast on the way) and made our way down to Key West which was only 50 miles. In case you haven't been there, chickens run loose all over town. Apparently somewhere in the past a law was passed protecting all birds, so ....
they run loose!









Our normal way to see a new place is to take a tour. KW has a conch train that offers a very in depth tour of the old town.








Old town has many pretty buildings, mostly built with money from the shipping industry. They say that KW was at one time the richest city in the USA.






As far as I know, this is the only light house on the Keys.










Mile O of US Highway 1.





Everywhere you go you hear about the antics of Earnest Hemingway. Apparently after he got famous he wanted privacy and engaged the services of some of his drinking buddies (obviously) to build this wall.

His home on the island was very pretty.

No trip to KW is complete without a picture here......

Or a visit to Sloppy Joes. The ladies sent Skip and me in to save seats while they shopped some, which we didn't mind.

The entertainment was very good. These guys had a routine that required an open mind, but very funny.

Another required stop is Mallory Square and the Sunset Pier. We didn't make it here for the sunset but normally it is very crowded with various circus type acts before sunset.

Thursday we will be going over to Banana Bay Marina for a Looper gathering. Don't know how many are around the various marinas but I would guess many since all marinas are full.