New Year's Eve on Duval Street in Key West

Sloppy Joe's at Duval Street and Greene. I took this photo with my iPhone.


Dancing to an excellent Cuban band on Mallory Square. I took this photo with my iPhone.


Sailing at sunset on New Year's Eve.






Cruise ship docks in Key West early on New Year's Eve.


Painted mural near harbor.


Painted mural.


Painted turtle on wall near the old Key West harbor.


Some Key West philosophy painted on a wall mural near the old harbor.


Duval Street sign - where all the action takes place on New Year's Eve.

The End of the Road

Route 1 ends here in Key West.


Mile marker 0 in Key West.


Marker for the southernmost point in the continental United States. There are lines of tourists waiting to have their picture taken next to this buoy.


National Historical marker on Hemingway's house in Key West.


Hemingway's House on Whitehead Street in Key West


View from the front of Hemingway's house.


Hemingway's upstairs porch.


Hemingway's bedroom with one of the house's many cats sleeping on the bedspread.


Hemingway's writing room on Whitehead Street.


Hemingway's typewriter


Books from Hemingway's library on display.


One of Hemingway's hats on display in his writing room.


And at the other end of the culture spectrum in Key West we have Jimmy Buffett's place on Duval Street.


Conch shells at souvenir stand in Key West.

The Florida Keys

Greetings from Key West, Florida!


Audubon House on Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida


Duval Street in Key West


In search of the perfect Key Lime pie in Key West.


Slice number 1.


Key Lime pie on a stick?


Sign for Marblehead, Oh - 1,162 miles from Key West.


Coconuts painted as pirates.


Brightly painted shutters.


Whistle Bar on Duval Street.


Captain Tony's on Greene Street.


Pink Key West house with white picket fence.


Cruise ship leaving Key West at sunset.


Key West sunset number one.


Palm trees with Christmas lighting at sunset.

Another beautiful day in paradise

We left Miami and started the drive down to Key West.


A very cold iguana trying to warm up in the morning sun near Islamorada in the Florida Keys.


Sunset near Islamorada in the Florida Keys

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Starting the day with an early morning swim, then a drive to Coral Gables to see the world famous Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida. The garden is named for David Fairchild (1869-1954), who visited every continent in the world (except Antarctica) and brought hundreds of important plants back to the U. S., including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, cotton, bamboos and the flowering cherry trees that grace Washington D.C. What an amazing place! I took the following photographs there.