That road to Key West.

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13. we stayed in an old 1950s style mom & pop place on Grassy Key

just north of Marathon. From there we could roam up and down the Keys as we wished. We loved our old style motel.

We did a lot of snorkeling up and down the Keys: Bahia Honda, Sombrero Reef, Pennekamp State Park. The best part of our trip was the day trip we took to the Dry Tortugas National Park. You can get tickets at a number of places in Key West. We went out on a big turbo catamaran; our trip included breakfast food, lunch and snacks when we returned to the boat. We toured the old fort then snorkled on the very pristine reef. It is a full day but so worth it. This was one of those thing we knew nothing about before we got to the Keys and started seeing ticket booths for it all over the place. It was the best thing we did that whole week. So, if you have a day to spare give it a shot; I think you can fly out but the boat trip was a lot of fun.

Don't forget Hemingway House and the cats. `

Everybody's Key Lime Pie is the best. However Mangrove Mama's 19991 Overseas Hwy, Summerland Key, FL 33042 was the best we had on our trip. This is a fun little place kind of tucked back off the road.
Try Cuban food whenever you can. Cuban Sandwiches are SO good