Trip to Florida Keys

Just took a trip to the Florida Keys.

I got a great rate on this very nice resort hotel.

I flew in to Ft. Lauderdale on Monday.

By the time I got into the Keys, it was already dark.

I stopped at a Mexican restaurant where they gave you a free cotton candy after your meal.

Since I don't really like cotton candy, I made this face.

I was staying on Duck Key - near Marathon in the middle of the Keys.  On Tuesday, I drove down to Key West.  Went to Mallory Square (too overcast for a sunset), shopped on Duval Street and toured Hemingway's home.

On Wednesday, I toured parks and nature centers and took a walk on an old bridge preserved as a pedestrian/bike trail.

  I was supposed to be "trainer for a day" with the dolphins, but it was too cold to get in the water with them.  Here's a pic of my dockside encounter, though.  Loved it!

Also visited another dolphin center in Marathon.  Got to see a 6 week old dolphin - only about 3 feet long!

 On my whole trip, it was unusually cold.  My dinners were on normally open patios with closed windscreens - jacket required for warmth.

On Thursday, I went south again to Bahia Honda State Park and to look for the Key Deer.  The Key Deer visitor's center was in a strip mall patrolled by roosters.  Didn't see the deer on long walks, but, rather, by the roads.

On my last night I attended a Marathon Community Theatre performance of "Sylvia".  Very cute.
Back home on Friday.  I'd like to go back, especially for the Key Largo area.