Wow, Key West

[1gobluedem]

What an incredibly cool place. But why all the chickens everywhere?

[XemaSab]

1. Why all the chickens?

My guess: probably because there are very few native predators such as coyotes and raccoons.

Yeah, there are cats and dogs, but the chickens probably don't get hammered as much by them as they do by animals that need prey to survive.

[1gobluedem]

2. I liked watching them strut around the streets

But I wasn't a huge fan of the rooster that began crowing at 4:00 a.m. and didn't stop until around noon.

Good point about the predators, I didn't even think of that.

[trof]

3. Mallory Dock and applauding the sunset.

The Cookie Lady and the Pussy Man.
And the piper.
You MUST pay the piper.
Are they still there?

[1gobluedem]

4. I don't know

They might be but I didn't see them. I liked being able to drink beer on the street and taking it into shops; I swear I got drunk on shopping, the prices were so good.

[trof]

9. You didn't go to the dock for sunset?

jeez

[1gobluedem]

10. We planned to

But it was overcast and starting to rain.

[trof]

12. Too bad.

I think you missed the essence of Key West.

[arcadian]

5. It was way cooler before all the Hard Rock cafes/ Starbucks, etc.

n/t

[1gobluedem]

6. So I hear

We refused to go near any chain and stayed at the Lighthouse Inn across from the Hemingway House.

[blueknight]

7. i rode my motorcycle to that area 25 years ago

man, what a trip! i want to do it again before i die

[leeroysphitz]

11. This whole nation was... n/t

[arcadian]

13. Ain't that the thruth.

n/y

[SacredCow]

8. So Jealous!!!

I went in 2007. We stayed at Big Ruby's right off of Duval.

We never did the Mallory Square thing- it just looked too touristy to me. We just found a quiet place in the park nearby to watch.

[underpants]

14. Don't know

We went there 5 years ago and we still talk about it

corner table at Alonzo's having Mojito's and the local place across the big parking lot from the Conch Republic bar.

LOVE Key West

We stayed in the actual room that "Robert the doll" supposedly haunted (top porch and turret here)



One night there was another ghost tour across the street. My wife and I were having drinks on the porch and I excused myself. There were teddy bears all over the room for some reason so I grabbed one and went up to the top room (the turret), the light was on. I took one of the teddy bears and held it up in the windows (shades were drawn) and proceeded to make it dance around as if it was "Robert". My wife was watching the people on the tour start cracking up laughing-the tour guides back was turned to the house. She thought "Why are they laughing?". Next thing I knew she came inside and yell "WHAT ARE YOU DOING??"

:bounce:

We never did see the ghost that supposedly appears on the staircase :shrug:

[elifino]

15. USS TIRANTE SS420 based in Key West in 1958

I enjoyed the time I spent in Key West. Got to meet Cary Grant and Tony Curtis while they were filming Operation Petticoat.

[av8rdave]

16. Key West is great

Duval Street is Bourbon Street without the vomit smell.

[tigereye]

17. I fantasize about visiting there... some day I hope to go!