2 weekends ago The Bear and I decided to do some more
adventuring in our new home of Florida and
planned a little trip to Key West.
It has taken me a little bit to reflect on the place
and how I truly felt about it, nonetheless here it is!
My review of Key West, Florida.
Friday afternoon we took off on the 4-hour drive to Key West.
Looking back it was the best part of the trip!
Not being negative, honest, but being surrounded on all sides by the ocean was just the coolest feeling!
It is a one-way highway the whole way down so you go at a pretty slow pace of 45-50 MPH
but we just enjoyed it and the weather was perfect.
Now I have never ventured to the true South (which is odd seeing as I have lived everywhere else and traveled to many countries!). And I know Florida isn't the true South BUT
I have to say The Keys is the closest I have been and didn't disappoint in that respect.
The architecture was amazing, all of the old historic homes, they were
like plantation homes but with a caribbean twist they were also heavily
art-deco influenced which was beautiful.
It was October so every house was decked out for Halloween and it gave the place a
real spooky feel! I was hoping our Bed and Breakfast that we stayed at wasn't haunted!
Here are some pictures of The Avalon Bed and Breakfast, a historic Bed and Breakfast
dating back to the 1800s! It was so cute, and perfect.
A real high-light was the food! As mentioned before I LOVE seafood, it is simply the best
and we found a place called DJ's Clamshack that did not dissappoint me.
They did traditional Maine Lobster rolls and they for sure had my heart,
we went twice.
We went to another place to try the local "conch" fish, yes those shells
you blow in to to make that loud noise are actually like a giant slug and
people love to eat them. We tried some fried conch fritters, fried green tomatoes, and a shrimp po' boy
but to be honest the fritters and tomatoes were not so good.
I have heard people RAVE about fried green tomatoes but I found them bland and greasy.
However, the po' boy was legit.
Another cool fact, turns out, key-lime pie was invented in Key West, who knew? Well,
I certainly didn't, they put a piece of pie on a stick and dip it in chocolate
and oh boy they are divine!
Here are some foodie pics as you know I could not resist posting pictures of food.
Saturday we decided to do something really cool and went on a
26-mile jet ski tour of Key West!
Now I have been jet-skiing in lakes before but never on the ocean, and I got a little beat up!
My entire body locked up after the fact because I was so tense
riding on the back of the thing on waves in the ocean!
But before that happened it was awesome.
We actually saw 2 dolphins on our tour and turned off our jet-skis
and just watched them swim around us!
It was a gorgeous day to be out on the water and we definitely soaked up
our fair share of rays!
After that we stopped by Ernest Hemingway's home and hit the beach.
We had a great time being somewhere new and exploring together!
All that being said, the Key West "scene" is trash, absolute trash.
Before I continue, a little disclaimer, anyone who knows me knows
that I do not care what your sexual orientation is, I just don't care.
Gay, Straight, I'm more concerned with a persons character
than their sexual orientation.
That being said, Key West is a major Gay town. And thats fine,
but when everywhere you turn are inappropriate clubs, porn shops, and
adult entertainment advertisements it gets on my last nerve.
Straight or Gay, tasteless sexuality being thrown in my face gets on my last nerve.
On top of that there are A LOT of drag queens walking the streets.
I get it, drag is "funny", maybe it's funnier when you are drunk and its 3 AM, but when its 2 in the afternoon and drag queens are cat-calling people on
the street, again it gets on my last nerve.
So in the end I would never take children here, and to be honest its definitely
a do it once kind of place. We were there for 3 days and that was plenty, I have no idea
what you would do there for a whole week (besides go to strip joints apparently).
But the drive back made me forget (mostly) about the trashiness and reflect on
the beauty our country and the earth in it's entirety has to offer.
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