We spent a few nights at the Amoray dive resort in Key Largo. Mike did indeed make his 700th dive! Then we were off to Key West.
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| Sunset in Key Largo |
Lots of iguanas hang around down here in the keys! You would think they like the weather or something!
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| Sunset from Mallory Square, Key West |
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| yep, they have a winery down here! |
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| Old and new friends enjoying a lovely meal in Key West! |
a dog waits patiently on his owners scooter for his return
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| checked out a rum distillery |
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| it is like being in New Orleans! |
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| lots of great music in every bar |
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| Christmas tree in Key West! Love the tree topper:) |
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| we flew 500 ft over crystal clear waters and it was amazing! Now getting ready to land on the water at the Dry Tortugas! |
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| frigate birds every where, could not get a good pic :( |
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| Mike, the birthday boy, got to sit in the cockpit with the pilot;) |
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| our landing on the water was no worse than some we have experienced on dry land |
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| Fort Jefferson actually has full time park rangers that live out here |
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| our plane will be back to pick us up in 3 hours |
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the water was warm and we hoped to have an enjoyable time until we started running into plate sized jelly fish! We had to get out after about 1/2 hour. A couple members of our group did, unfortunately, get stung.
Never know about these things!
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| our ride back approaches the beach |
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| on the return you can clearly see an old wreck below the surface. we also saw turtles and maybe sharks! |
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| awesome trip in spite of jellyfish!! |
