KEY WEST WE ARE GONE!!

Okay, so I am a lot like the bear that went over the mountain - yep, all I saw was the other side of the mountain!!  Key West is l very long street of bars, shops and drag shows!  You know, I lived near the beautiful beaches for 10 years!  Who knew?  We (Gretchen & I) thought there would be beautiful beaches - like Clearwater, Siesta Key, etc.  How wrong we were.  If you want to walk about 20 blocks of shopping, stop for drinks (very many times because it is very hot - and pretty boring); visit Hemmingway's house - which is a big two bedroom house with a lot of cats and a beautiful garden ( it does, however, have great windows), you might like it.  I will say, we went to a butterfly museum and it was fabulous!!  The place was covered with beautiful plants and hundreds of butterflies flying all around you of various and beautiful colors - who would ever have imagined that there were so many kinds of butterflies?!!  Also, the Truman Little Whitehouse was very interesting, historically.  Mallory Square, which is supposed to be "one of the places to see" is really, really boring!!  Driving across the 7 mile bridge - which takes forever and a day - the water looks so beautiful - different shades of green and blue - just like an advertisement.  However, when you do get near the water, it is murky and full of seaweed - not at all enticing!  We did have a great breakfast at Pepe's thanks to the recommendation of Lynn & Al.  Three nights is just too long to be there.  If you have a boat and can go into the harbor and stay for 2 nights, you have seen all of Key West you need to see.  We are happy, though, that we went.  There were lovely people staying at the same B&B, and we have definitely satisfied our curiosity.  Tomorrow, I will tell you about Orlando.  I know you can hardly wait!  Didn't know you were going to get a travel report, did you?  I am really happy I didn't convince Mike to go there, because it would not have been a happy experience for him!  Now I know why he would never go!!  As usual, thanks for listening (or reading, as the case may be)!  Ricci