December 2018 - Florida Keys
We drove all the way down the keys, across the many bridges, to get from the Everglades out to Key West. We spent a few days in the lower keys. Went to the beach at Bahia Honda, but stormy weather made the water take-your-breath-away cold. We did some kayaking in the backcountry and that was great fun. One of the highlights was our chance to see a herd of unbelievably miniature key deer. On our last day in the keys, we made it out to the Dry Tortugas, but those pictures are over here.
We drove all the way down the keys, across the many bridges, to get from the Everglades out to Key West. We spent a few days in the lower keys. Went to the beach at Bahia Honda, but stormy weather made the water take-your-breath-away cold. We did some kayaking in the backcountry and that was great fun. One of the highlights was our chance to see a herd of unbelievably miniature key deer. On our last day in the keys, we made it out to the Dry Tortugas, but those pictures are over here.
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| The overseas highway down the Keys | It's a lonely life for that tree | An iguana off the road |
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| Much of the lower keys looks like this | The beach at Bahia Honda state park | The old rail bridge |
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| We were lucky enough to come across a herd of key deer on Big Pine Key | So majestic | It's hard to appreciate in photos how small these deer are. They just come up to your knees. |
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| Kayaking in the backcountry | Headed under the overseas highway | |
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| Key West | A buoy for the southernmost point in the continental US, although it isn't positioned exactly at the actual southernmost point | |
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| Holy crowd! | A line down the street to get a photo with the buoy | Selfie from a distance for people who aren't willing to stand in line |
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| The Key West light | Yummy key lime pie | At the waterfront |
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| We stayed in the top floor of this historic house | The view from where we stayed on the lower keys | An ashy gecko on the wall |
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| Christmas on the keys! |