Monday, February 27, 2023

Key West - Beaches and Butterflies

 

The butterfly gardens with Flamingo petting at 4:30 pm

One of popular attractions nearby is the butterfly gardens in Key West near the Southernmost Hotel. In addition to hosting the butterflies, they also have a flamingo petting zoo at 4:30 every day but only by appointment. 

This beach is at the south end of Duval Street. Sandy but not much wave action.

Key West is surrounded by beaches but they are not ocean beaches with waves coming in. Most are behind shallow areas farther out so it is calm. The only exception is at the Ft Zachary Taylor beach which does get wave action. It’s also fun to explore the fort too and they often have Civil War reenactments during our stay. 

Getting around Key West using the free Duval Loop bus is getting harder. They have the buses but not the drivers. There used to be three buses operating at the same time, spaced out. Now, they’re lucky to have one bus. If they could get more drivers, there would be more buses. As you might expect, there’s not a business in town that doesn’t need more workers, signs are everywhere. Anyone need a little extra income?

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