Rick, Sandra (friend from Belgium) and I drove to Key West for a few days. We were able to stay at the Front Street Hyatt Resort and Spa using the Rewards from our credit card. This was very luxurious. Outside of the lobby is a turtle pond who have a bridge and sandbox to play in. Sandra is posing by the pond. Saw a couple of weddings while we were there. The second wedding they were capturing sunset poses. this is where I caught a sailboat at sunset (photo at bottom of page).

I visited the home of Ernest Hemingway while Sandra visited the lighthouse right across the street. This is a cat haven. I never seen so many cats in one place. There were two cats on Ernie's bed and a cat cemetary in the backyard. The foliage on the grounds were beautiful. See the pink water lilies!

Downtown has many shops with great deals. There are several that sell everything for $5.00 each. Awesome deals! Sandra and I took a picture with the "Spongeman" - creepy! We took the trolley tour because last trip there Rick, Danielle, and I took the Train Tour. It was the same price, but the train only covered the immediate downtown area. The trolley covered the whole island so that we were able to see the Southernmost Point of Florida, which is just 70 miles from Cuba. There are other keys beyond this point, but one has to take a boat to get to them. Most of these keys are uninhabited.

And note the Highway 1, Mile Marker Zero above: This is the absolute beginning of Highway 1 which runs all the way to the northernmost point of Maine or at least close to it anyway.

Our breakfast at the Hyatt was a whopping $115.00, but they gave us $75.00 credit because our room was not ready when we arrived. And they upgraded our room from a city view to top floor ocean view. Blessed!!!