Today was our touring day of Key West. We bought tickets to ride the Old Town Trolley. There were 12 stops that highlighted the main historic places around town. Lots of silly banter, but also, lots of good details. We got off the trolley at stop 12 and walked back to Hemingway's home on Key West. He was married 4 times. Wife 1 - they lived in Paris. Wife 2 - lived in Key West. Wife 3 - lived in Cuba. Wife 4- lived on the road - killing things in Africa and the like. He kept 6 toed cats, supposedly for luck. The place has the descendants of those cats all over the place. Lots of good Hemingway trivia. We then toured the local light house. After that we wandered to the butterfly conservatory - really was nifty. After lunch and a rest, we went to the Key West Aquarium - there was a huge downpour while we were there, but for a little aquarium, it's quite good.
There are chickens running all over town. When we went to the square to watch sunset last night the roosters were crowing away. Today the trolley man explained that the first roosters were brought over for cock fighting from Cuba and the Dominican Republic. It was then made illegal, the birds were considered endangered, so they are running around everywhere here.
After dinner we went to La concha (pronounced La Conka around here) to watch the sunset from the roof. Really lovely place to sit. Tomorrow morning we hit the road north to the Everglades.... til our next wifi...
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