Friday, January 18, 2013

My Key West, Florida Island Vacation

By Peter Estenoz


Having a wonderful time wish you were here! I know it sounds corny for me to be sending you the same ole line on this letter but its true! I have truly enjoyed my stay here in Key West Florida, and thought I would write you a note while I'm sitting on this beautiful sandy beach, underneath the palms, basking in the sun. I have seen so many things this trip, I just had to write and tell you! It is so amazing down here.

We got checked into our resort, and thought we would just run out and check this place out! There is so much to see on the island, first stop of course was Duval Street, we did some souvenir shopping, yes we got you something! Then it was off to other sights to see, we found Captain Tony's, Sloppy Joe's, even found Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, and right off Duval Street is Pat Croce's Rum Barrel. We had a late lunch at the Pier House Harborview Cafe, watched some of the charter boats, and schooners coming and going, getting ready for sunset. Speaking of which, we ventured over to Mallory Square, this was an adventure in itself we enjoyed the street performers, how very talented, and got to see "Cat Man" with his trained cats! He really has them trained well, and they listen to him, mine won't even come to me when I call it, it just looks at me, and give me a "meow"! Sunset was breathtakingly beautiful, and we hear that everyone of them is different, we have much to look forward to tomorrow! We were trying to decide what to do tomorrow, and talking about maybe a fishing trip, or maybe we'll go snorkeling, we've seen so many of these fishing charters going out, and catamarans, I think they go out every day. Concierge told us that all we'll have to do is show up, they provide everything, even lunch! We're even thinking about going out on one of those romantic sunset sails. Those are reasonably priced too!

While we are here we are definitely taking in some of these tours they have on the island, and we want to visit the museums, like Mel Fisher's Museum, where you can hold a Gold Bar, and see the other treasures he discovered on the Atocha. We want to go to Hemingway's House, I've got to see those six-toed cats! We've even thought about going to the Lighthouse Museum which is across the street from Hemingway's House. Shall we venture up? Heard it was 88 steps up and 88 steps down, but the view is spectacular! We want to go to the Southernmost House Museum, which is also a guest house. We want to also do the tour from the Old Town Trolley, and learn more about the island. Oh yes, and we want to go to the Key West Butterfly Conservatory over on Duval Street. We heard there was a Historium too, the Ship Wreckers Historium, this is full of the history of the salvaging in Key West where they would yell a hardy "Wreck Ashore!," to bring in the goods, and supplies! We also planning to venture over to Fort Jefferson National Park, the Dry Tortuga's as a day trip.

Looking around at my surroundings here on this beautiful beach, its almost like a dream, its so relaxing, a perfect place to unwind. A warm breeze is helping us to unwind from any daily stresses we may have brought with us! We are noticing others on the beach who are like us soaking up the rays, but we noticed something a little further down the beach, we have never seen before, we are witnessing a wedding on the beach, what an excellent idea! A storybook wedding right here on the beach, we saw the groom and his friends and family walk barefooted down to the waters edge, watched the bride who is dressed in a perfect beach wedding dress, yes, barefooted too, be escorted down to the groom, everyone gathers close, listens and waits for the kiss to seal the union! What a happy occasion to see, so many hugs and congratulations, we see the photographer and a videographer capturing the emotion of this day. We will never forget this moment of our trip, this has truly made this vacation more memorable! I wonder where they will celebrate? Perhaps one of those really nice restaurants like A&B Lobster House, or maybe Michael's, or Louie's Backyard, or maybe even the Commodore Restaurant!, and for desert? Key Lime Pie!

Well, now that I've totally relaxed, its time for me to put this letter to rest, roll over and drift off in a dream while working on my tan on the other side. Yes, I'm in Paradise, this wonderful place, Key West Florida, I'll send this letter off to you later today, along with some photos, so you can see what I've been talking about, take care and we'll see you soon!




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