I tried to show Doug many of the typical tourist attractions, but Key West really is about the ambience isn't it? We took the tourist train and I was surprised that Calvin Klein and Kenny Chesney have homes there and I was also surprised that real estate values have held fairly well in the Keys. Mel Fisher's Museum was a disappointment. I remember that it used to be about the drama and sacrifices that his family made to discover the treasure, but now it looks like a Disney display. It poured buckets of rain for some of the trip which had us dodging from shop to shop. Some of the more interesting parts of the trip were both recommendations from friends Chuck and Leslie in the Outer Banks. As you leave Key West and cross the bridge to the next island, turn left into a road that takes you to a botanical garden. There you will find a collection of boats that Cuban refugees used to try to make it to the US. Some of them look like paper glued together. It shows the desperation and ingenuity of the people who used them to come here.
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