Key West: October 16-20, 2012

Chickens and roosters have the run of Key West.  We saw a hen crossing the street,  followed by her whistling chicks.  So chickens really do cross the road!

This very happy fellow downed a fish just before I took the picture.  Speaking of fish, is that a fin in  the water?

Key lime pie is the signature island dessert.

I had expected sandy beaches, but Key West is a coral island with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other side.  I took this from the beach at Fort Zachary Taylor.

Guy juggling on a very tall unicycle at Mallory Square, on the western tip of the island.  

One of the six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's former home.  There are about 40 six-toed cats on the one-acre property.

Do you see the cruise ship?  I took the photo from the top of the lighthouse.

Isn't there a song about a straw in the coconut?

Practicing my pirate face for a sunset cruise on the Western Union,  a  schooner that was used to lay  telegraph cable  (hence the name) and also to search for German submarines in World War II.

At the end of the road

More sunset sky

Leaving Key West at sunrise on Saturday, we had to stop for a photo of  what we think is either an abandoned railroad bridge or possibly part of the original causeway connecting the Keys.