Ibis Bay Beach Resort.

We started the day by walking down the street from the Kimpton Lighthouse Hotel where we stayed to the Rams Head Southernmost resturant for breakfast. I then walked the other direction to The Lighthouse & Keepers Quarters. Alice and Barry then drove me to the Ibis Bay Beach Resort, where I stayed for two more days. They continued onto Ft. Lauderdale for a flight back to Chicago.

I had initially planned to take a ship to the National Park on the Dry Tortugas Islands during my stay in Key West. But, I waited too long to book a cruise and they were all booked up. I then booked a trip for Sunday, than for Monday, they were both canceled because of small craft warnings in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the hotel we were staying in was booked for the weekend I chose to stay the Ibis Bay Beach Resort until my cruise back to Ft. Myers Beach.

Ibis Bay Beach Resort has 600 feet of private white sand beach with a quirky inspired old 1950’s Havana décor. It has a nice Pool Bar and a free Continental Breakfast. A shuttle to down town Old Key West every hour using two of the Trolley stops to let off motel guests. Plus: Tortoise feeding at 11 am • Iguanas (I was told not to feed the iguanas!) • real live talking “rescue” Macaws (Again, I was told they bite!) • White Herons wandering freely • Shark feeding at 1 pm and 6 pm. (Shark food sold at a nearby Fish Market!) I was always somewhere in down town Old Key West during feedings and I had no time for their water sport rentals.

Lexi the talking rescue Macaw says: “Hy” as you walk into reservation office and “Bye” as you leave.

Ibis Bay Beach Resort has the only beach on Ibis Bay. All sand in the keys has been imported from the Bahamas. The Keys do not have surf which generates sand.