Key West, and the Everglades

Trip Start Nov 15, 2011

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Trip End Nov 14, 2012

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Toby and Brent arrived Friday evening to visit for the weekend. Saturday morning we headed off to Key West, about three hours driving. We walked around Key West (miles!) and saw some of the sights, including walking to the Southernmost point of the Continental USA.

We eventually headed back, stopping at the Fish Company restaurant at Islamorada, where we had a superb meal and were entertained by steel drums and a fire display.

Today we visited the Everglades National Park, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, where we had the opportunity to get close to many of the birds and alligators in their natural habitat.

The boys left at teatime to get back to Lake Mary, a 4-5 hour drive, while we started getting organized to move tomorrow. It has been a great weekend.

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The start of the 7-mile bridge	Along the 7-mile bridge	The old road bridge!	The beautiful waters of the Gulf
The Over Sea Railway	The station at Key West	Beautiful flowers	The Little White House
The Little White House	The Old Custom House	Outside the Museum	The Wreckers
The start of US Highway 1	Key West Lighthouse Museum	Looking back down at Brent	Hemmingway's house, from the lighthouse
Southernmost point, from the lighthouse	The Southernmost Point	Just to prove we were there!	Cuba is out there somehwere
A cool drink in a cafe on the way back to the car	In the Everglades National Park	In the Everglades National Park	In the Everglades National Park
In the Everglades National Park	In the Everglades National Park	In the Everglades National Park	In the Everglades National Park
In the Everglades National Park	More alligators	Alligator	Air plants
Air plants	Nesting bird	In the Everglades National Park	A vulture
Shark River Slough	Pelicans fishing........	......successfully	In the Everglades National Park
Rosacea Spoonbill	Rosacea Spoonbill