Category Archives: Americas

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 moreContinue reading “Ibis Bay Beach Resort.”

Bahama Village Trek.

Old Town Bahama Village – The “village” founded in the early 1800s, is a residential 12-block area with colorful Bahamian-style architecture on cobblestone streets and panoramic water views from the Key West Lighthouse. It was frequented by Ernest Hemingway during the 1930’s. It is located a block from our hotel with, open-air restaurants serving CaribbeanContinue reading “Bahama Village Trek.”

Fort Zachary Taylor & …..

Fort Zachary Taylor – Wednesday morning I walked the half mile from the Kimpton Lighthouse Hotel to Fort Taylor. The fort was built in response to the war of 1812 when the US started building forts to protect it’s valuable coastlines. In 1845 construction began on this brick fort to protect the Key West Harbor,Continue reading “Fort Zachary Taylor & …..”

Arriving Key West by Boat.

I chose to arrive in Key West on the Key West Express (a 170 foot catamaran). I like catamaran rides, especially when they can travel over 34 knots in the open ocean. It’s actually quicker to take a 3½ hour boat ride from Fort Myers Beach than to dive over 5 hours to Key WestContinue reading “Arriving Key West by Boat.”

Key West, 2021, Activities.

Key West, is an island city, part of the Florida Keys archipelago. Key West is the Southernmost Point of the United States to vacation where Artists, Authors, Pirates, Poets, and Presidents have lived with great weather. This subtropical paradises highest recorded temperature ever recorded is 97°, lowest temperature is 41° and it is the driestContinue reading “Key West, 2021, Activities.”

J. N. Darling Wildlife Refuge.

In February 2021 on my way to Key West, Florida, I stopped at the J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. At the refuge I took the Shell Mound ¼ mile interpretive boardwalk trail from the Education Center to the 4-mile Indigo hard packed dike trail. They close this area down onceContinue reading “J. N. Darling Wildlife Refuge.”