Day 205 – day trip to Key West, FL - January 27, 2012

We took a car trip to Key West today – “we” included Fred, Julaine, Fred III, John and Rita.  We arrived around 10:30am and got the car parked near Duval Street for the day.  Duval Street is one of the “main drags” in Key West that is lined with shops, bars and restaurants.  We then called Frank and Carrie from Once Around who are moored here in Key West for a few weeks.  Frank and Carrie met us at the end of Duval Street and off we went.  We slowly shopped our way down the street, stopping for lunch at the first Margaritaville restaurant ever opened by Jimmy Buffett.  We all enjoyed a tropical drink and there were a number of “cheeseburgers in paradise” devoured.

We picked up a few shirts, a pair of sandals, some all natural lotions and Twister, a new frog from the artist known as Frogman.  We have three other frogs and one gecko from the Frogman that we purchased while in Hawaii.

In the late afternoon we stopped at a bar to rest our feet and relax with a cold drink.  Although the day had been mostly sunny, we were now experiencing full cloud cover, so we stayed for another round instead of heading for Mallory Square for the sunset celebration which we figured would be a bit of a letdown.  After a visit to Once Around (and a quick tour for Fred III) we had dinner at a great seafood restaurant near the marina.  It was a great day and we all enjoyed spending time in Key West.  Fred says if we make it back down here again in our boat, we’ll definitely plan to spend a couple of days in one of the Key West marinas. 

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Fred and Julaine at the buoy marking the southernmost
point in the continental U.S.

a close-up of the southernmost point buoy

this is the view past the southernmost point buoy

Margaritaville - a great place to eat and drink in Key West