Beauty & quirks about Key West

Mommy Blog: We are back and had an amazing time just relaxing and enjoying some "along time" together. Wanted to post a few pics from Key West and tell you some quirks about the place. First picture - Brian's favorite view in Key West... the docks. Yes - they are boats. If you know Brian well, you aren't surprised at all. Each morning, after having breakfast at our B&B (The Popular House B&B), we headed 2 blocks to the historic fishing district where this was the view from a favorite restaurant. For those of you who have never been to Key West and are from our area... it is what Destin used to be before it blew up into a rich, wealthy and ridiculously tourist town. Key West is laid back, relaxing and we can't wait to go back.
When we were touring Ernest Hemmingway's home, we found these brick pavers outside around his estate & gardens. Yes, they are "Baltimore Bricks". When his home was constructed by Caribbean builders in the late 1800s, the only way to get bricks was to have them brought in from the mainland by train (or boat). These of course were brought down from Maryland. Pretty neat, huh?

All around the docks, you just had to look down and you saw a TON of tarpon swimming all around. These were HUGE...70-80 lbs each. Tarpon are "catch & release" fish that can not be kept. It was so amazing to just see them swimming around and enjoying themselves. See... even the dang fish are relaxed in Key West.

The Key West Lighthouse. It is out of commission now, but what a beautiful view we saw from the very top. Yes... I climbed to the top. If you know me well, you'll know that I am afraid of heights... I pushed myself so far up against the outside wall of the lighthouse that I was practically part of the black paint. And of course Brian made fun of me.