Day 22 – Key West, FL (Feb 18, 2011)

Day 22 – Friday, February 18, 2011 - Key West, FL

This is our last full day in Key West – which is a bit sad as we had a lot of fun in this place that obviously has no rules – especially when it comes to driving skills (or lack of).

We are going to visit the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum just off Mallory Square (http://www.melfisher.com/). Mel Fisher spent his entire lifetime to finding the treasure of the Spanish merchant Ship the Atocha (1622), he found it all right and $2 Billion in Gold, Silver and uncut Emeralds. So the museum is full of rather interesting items and a gift shop, with some items starting at $250,000, so this is not 3 t-shirts for 10 bucks kind of shop. If you want to dive the wreck, you need to be an investor cost is $10,000 for 1/8 share and you get to keep what you find regardless of worth. The wreck is only in 15ft to 30ft of water.

Next on our agenda is shopping on Duval Street, making some last minute purchases etc and visiting the Flagler Station Museum, which is all that is left of the famed FEC Railroad line to Key West.

Rest of the day is securing the motorcycle in the trailer and packing.

This evening we are having our last supper at New York Pasta and Pizza on Duval Street.  The main reason for our return is so I can get some pictures of the two Macaws, this restaurant has two one is a scarlet macaw and the other is a blue and gold macaw.  These guys are very large about 36 inches and loud too.  Around 8pm the owner put a pole out to the birds they climbed on and they were off for the night.  They love peanuts by the way.

Ken and Karen in Key West, FL – last post from Key West