Day 12 - Key West

What is there to do in Key West?

A lot as it happens and not all of it involves lying on the beach.

After breakfast by the pool, we got ready to walk ourselves into the ground.

Firstly the Ernest Hemmingway house and museum. Another $22 to get in each, but the guide Rusty took a small group around and made it enjoyable. Little tales about Ernest and the four wives. And the cats.

Check it out for yourselves.. Google!

Six finger cats. We have them at home on the Romney Marsh.

And after a couple of hours we dragged ourselves into the hunt for the post office to send the laundry card back to Punta Gorda (!) and then lunch.

We shunned the chains and went in Sippin' on the Corner of Duval and Eaton.

Nice place, best coffee so far... And an artist painting their walls.

I'll see if they are on Tripadvisor!!

It was another long slog back. In about 90F everything for us is hard work.

After a swim where I found out that the ground gets hot enough to burn feet! Left aqua  shoes in Weston...  We had a drive to the beach. 

Ended up at the Western Martello Tower and lovely lizard filled gardens, oh, and some nice plants and orchids.

Then back to change and next door to Ana's Cuban Grocery for drinks.

Claire chose a coconut....

And I had the equal best coffee of the trip and some banana cake.

Then a short walk to Simonton Beach. Sadly private but the lower orders are allowed to look at the sand and seaweed. 

This Harley was parked up and so Claire took a pic. 

Why is it you fancy the idea of one on holiday?  

Dinner?

On the way out we saw this little group of   Harley D's in the motel across the street at Hibiscus.

We decided rather than a walk for miles we'd go to Camille's a couple of blocks away.

Very nice lounge and restaurant. The card Marcus gave us in the Blue Marlin got us a free cocktail. Very nice.

Good meal and drink!

And back to the motel to watch NBC interview with Edward Snowden....