This Key Is Rather West

Today was the only day that was going to be nice, with sun and clear skies and everything, so we decided to drive down to Key West to check out the city and the Southernmost point of the United States. It took us around an hour to get down there, so it was a good opportunity for Isaac and I to do some homework. The drive was pretty neat since we crossed over lots of different Keys and we drove over the seven mile bridge, which, as you may have figured out, is seven miles long. When we got to Key West we headed straight for Duvall Street, which is a street lined with shops that goes all the way down to the water on both sides. We found the closest café with washrooms as quickly as we could since Mum needed to go to the washroom and Dad wanted to do some trip planning. I brought along some iTunes gift cards I had received so I could buys some new

music. I also got to download the new Panic! At The Disco album that came out yesterday. I ended up with lots of new stuff; a couple of older Fall Out Boy albums, David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, the newest Marianas Trench album and one other Panic! At The Disco album. It’s always good to have some new stuff on my playlist. It took Mum and Dad a while to figure out the schedule for the next few months and then we were on our way again. We walked down the the Eastern shore where we could walk out on a pier that juts out pretty far into the water. We got a couple of pictures but only after we noticed this, uh, rather

eccentric man standing in the water wearing fairy wings and a g-string and nothing else. Nice. After that lovely view we started walking towards the Southernmost point where they have the mile 0 buoy. The lineup to take a picture with the buoy was a little ridiculous so we didn’t bother waiting. Instead we started walking down to the Western shore of Key West, on the Gulf of Mexico, where the cruise ships dock. We walked along there for a bit, stopping to eat lunch before we went to explore Mallory Square where they have lots of statues of famous people who had connections to the area. The most well known person we found was Ernest Hemingway, whose bust was covered in dozens of coins. After that, we walked

back over to the water and onto Sunset Pier where they have an outdoor bar and restaurant along with a live band. We decided to sit and listen to them for a while, since they seemed pretty good, while we ordered some drinks. Clouds started to roll in as the band finished and it looked as though a storm was blowing in so we decided to start heading back to the truck. Along the way we came across a Kapok tree, which was the sacred tree of the Mayan people, which can grow up to 40 meters tall. It had a rather odd looking and very thick base, quite a unique tree. It started to rain almost as soon as we started driving and continued to dump down the entire way home. After dinner we decided to watch the Shawshank Redemption which was an excellent movie, kind of disturbing in a realistic way. Peace out m8s.

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