A Key West Gathering, Day 6

Woke to hear that we wouldn't go deep sea fishing this morning, waves were in the 7-10 foot range and high winds making it unsafe.

Instead we did the tourist thing around the town:

We took a ride on the "Conch Tour Train" which serves to give one a sense of the "lay of the land" and our first stop was the Sails and Trails Exhibit/Museum.

Some of the FEC (Florida East Coast) Railway which caught my eye:

We then adjourned to the nearby Turtle Kraal restaurant for a meal and drinks:

 One of the many roosters who wander about

Key West, was our lunch buddy.

Then it was time to visit Captain Tony's Saloon so that both Otto and Lee could get some souvenir t-shirts.

A quick trip to the hotel to dump the purchases and then we walked over to the Hemingway House for the guided tour:

 Here's hoping on of us three can make a similar 

shot tomorrow should we be able to go fishing

 Painting hanging in Master Bedroom

depicting the Hemingway House

 Two of apparently 55 cats which wander about the

house and land owned by Hemingway

 In its day, the largest pool of its kind in Key West

 Ernest Hemingway's writing room

 Yep, another cat, curled up asleep in

the master bedroom

Last known photo of Hemingway holding

the shotgun which he'd used to kill himself

We walked from the Hemingway house and stopped for a drink at the Green Frog Bar, which is apparently the hangout for the locals.

An hour or so back at the hotel for a siesta and then we headed out once more, first having dinner at the Hard Rock (Key West) restaurant.  Not much to report from this particular venue.

After this dinner, we walked on over to the original Margaritaville Cafe and had a beer and key lime pie:

We rounded off the evening with one more round of drinks but this time at Sloppy Joe's Bar, they had live music and a sizeable crowd.

 photo courtesy of Otto

The weather forecast for tomorrow morning is looking somewhat good; we'll find out at 6:30 am tomorrow if we're a go for fishing.