Key West

Today we went to Key West as planned. It is 64 miles from where we're staying so it took us a while to get there.  There is only one way to go and it took us through a few built-up areas which disappointingly turned out to be like every other.  Once we arrived and parked in Key West (a cool $4/hr!) we took the easy way out and did a guided tour on a hop-on hop-off road-train.
We only got off once to visit the railroad museum.  We noticed abandoned sections of bridge next to the road on the oversea sections on the way down and wondered if they could be for a railway; they didn't look wide enough for even a modest two-lane road.  It appears that the railway arrived in 1912 and was the first land link; the famous Flagler was responsible.

Key West was interesting and it would have been nice to stay for a couple of days but it was a bit pricey so we rejected it at the planning stage.  It turns out that it has a history of 'wrecking' and so fleecing tourists probably comes naturally! We saw lots of old houses and learnt a bit of the history.  We also had an excellent hot dog and fries for lunch.
Here are a few interesting sights we saw. There are hens all over the place! This one had babies with her.

PS
This is our view this evening. Not quite as lovely as last night. And the wind is howling!

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