Sunday, November 9th, Key West

Full of energy on this first day in the Florida Keys, we set out for Key West.  The weather was slightly overcast and threatened the odd shower throughout the day with the temperature reaching around 80 F.

Our arrival in Key West was celebrated by the finals of large and very loud  boat races and traffic which would make Toronto or L.A. proud.  Bumper to bumper to bumper, we have to park this truck!  We finally found a parking spot at the local Post Office that we did have to pay for – or should I say bought a piece of land that I could not keep! Now that’s done, time for fun.

When we left the truck we noticed a great number of chickens around and they we congregating around the front of a car.  These are not dumb birds, they were picking the dead bugs off the front of the grill – a free service!

We started by taking a “hop-on/hop-off” bus tour that was very informative and interesting.  We stopped at a little café for a very good lunch and key-lime pie for dessert – just had to do that J!

On the bus again and another trip around town, we saw the southern most point of the continental

U.S. – 90 miles to Cuba, Mile Marker “0” of U.S. #1, the other end of this road stops at the Maine/New Brunswick border!

We then took a walk about at the waterfront and saw a couple of these loud boats.  I have been to Drag and NASCAR races, neither was as loud as these   It was probably because of the combination of sound reflections off the water and the buildings.  There was a great deal of $$$$ around there; in the boats, the carriers and their owners.

I Count 4-300HP Motors!

boats going by.

There were some new boats for sale, some with four (yes four!!)

 three hundred horsepower outboard motors!!

Well the day was basically gone and we decided to head back to the Ti.  Oh, traffic again; at least with just one lane each way, people had no need for that little stick on the right side of their steering column J.

But one last picture for you Ford Super Duty Fans, check this truck out!

Arriving back at the Ti just at dark, time for supper and rest time.