Key West Part 2 in Pictures

Another KY Sailor makes it to Key West.

Fellow KY Sailor, Bill Klarer, arrived in Key West

One of the Manatees in the Marina

Now that's funny

Tiki Hut Boats

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Cuban "chug" at the Mel Fisher Museum

This "boat" was built in Cuba by some brave refugees who crossed the 90 miles from Cuba to
the FL Keys in it. Notice the modified car engine in the middle of it. The sides are
barrels welded together with steel sides and floor. Can you imagine....

Side view of the same boat

Front view of the "boat".

You can see the boat on the water in the background.

This boat is some kind of inflatable

And then you turn and look to see a cruise ship in port.

Mallory Square at Sunset

Mallory Square at Sunset
Can you make out the Tiki Hut boat to the right of the bird?

Mallory Square at Sunset (look left)

Mallory Square at Sunset (look right)

BBN is everywhere

Houseboats in the Keys are not what I think about when I heard the word houseboat.

Fly Navy - Truman Annex

Downtown Marina

One of the hundreds of small hotels in the downtown.

The corner of Duval and Caroline St.
Reminds me of a JB song

Duval Street in the daylight

Captain Tony's is in the location of Original Sloppy Joe's.
 This was where Ernest Hemingway spent most of his evenings while he lived in Key West
In 1938, when the owner of the building raised the rent one dollar per week, the bar owner
 (Joesie Russell) and his customers picked up the entire bar and moved everything to 
Sloppy Joe's current location on Duval Street. 

Inside Captain Tony's. It looks like some of the ladies
didn't have a dollar to staple to the wall/ceiling. 

The "new" Sloppy Joe's Bar.
Earnest Hemingway convinced the owner, Josie Russell, to name his 
bar Sloppy Joe's, after bar in Old Havana, which he frequented. Since Sloppy 
Joe's moved to the Duval St. location in 1938 and Hemingway move to
 Cuba in 1937, it is likely Hemingway may not have ever been in this location.

Mel Fishers Treasures are well protected

Harry Truman spent a lot of time in Key West.
JFK also enjoyed time in The Little White House. According to Pete Bacle, JFK's death hit Key West hard, because many of the locals felt a real connection to him.