Day 194, February 20th, 2010
Today we caught the bus to Key West with Sharon and Reg from Pea Soup. We were meant to catch the bus at 8:12 but had to wait till 8:45 as the bus broke down before it reached us. However, for $1.50 each, we reached the Sears Mall in Key West at 10:00 a.m. and went for breakfast at the IHOP.
We had intended to take the little tour train but ended up renting a 6 seater golf cart together for $100.00 for 5.5 hours. It was cheaper to do it that way and it was fun. We drove down town and parked it behind a dress shop on Duval Street where we could plug it in while we had a look around. (The owner of the rental vehicles and the owner of the dress shop are sisters and this system seems to work very well. We also got a 10% discount at the shop, so, of course, we each shopped for a new T-Shirt!)
We walked around downtown which is really charming with lovely old homes. Lots of verandas again. We saw one tiny little home, one bedroom but beautifully renovated, that was listed for $379,000.00. Apparently Key West has some of the most expensive real estate in the US. We took photos at the Southernmost point, and Sharon and I kind of sneaked into this beautiful old hotel "The Southernmost Hotel" where rooms are $400.00 per night, and they have the most gorgeous pool area looking out over the ocean. The tour of Ernest Hemmingway's house was really amusing and interesting. A beautiful old home built 160 years ago with blocks of quarried rock, 18 inches thick. Needless to say, its survived many hurricanes. There are 43 cats on the property - apparently Mr. H. was a real cat lover and there were probably about that number there when he owned the house.
We ended up having supper at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, but he was only there in the video! There's lots more to see and we shall have to go back and see more another day.
Caught the bus home again at 8:40 p.m., arriving back at the marina at 10:00 p.m. It was a fun day.
Today we caught the bus to Key West with Sharon and Reg from Pea Soup. We were meant to catch the bus at 8:12 but had to wait till 8:45 as the bus broke down before it reached us. However, for $1.50 each, we reached the Sears Mall in Key West at 10:00 a.m. and went for breakfast at the IHOP.
We had intended to take the little tour train but ended up renting a 6 seater golf cart together for $100.00 for 5.5 hours. It was cheaper to do it that way and it was fun. We drove down town and parked it behind a dress shop on Duval Street where we could plug it in while we had a look around. (The owner of the rental vehicles and the owner of the dress shop are sisters and this system seems to work very well. We also got a 10% discount at the shop, so, of course, we each shopped for a new T-Shirt!)
We walked around downtown which is really charming with lovely old homes. Lots of verandas again. We saw one tiny little home, one bedroom but beautifully renovated, that was listed for $379,000.00. Apparently Key West has some of the most expensive real estate in the US. We took photos at the Southernmost point, and Sharon and I kind of sneaked into this beautiful old hotel "The Southernmost Hotel" where rooms are $400.00 per night, and they have the most gorgeous pool area looking out over the ocean. The tour of Ernest Hemmingway's house was really amusing and interesting. A beautiful old home built 160 years ago with blocks of quarried rock, 18 inches thick. Needless to say, its survived many hurricanes. There are 43 cats on the property - apparently Mr. H. was a real cat lover and there were probably about that number there when he owned the house.
We ended up having supper at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, but he was only there in the video! There's lots more to see and we shall have to go back and see more another day.
Caught the bus home again at 8:40 p.m., arriving back at the marina at 10:00 p.m. It was a fun day.
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