One way in - no way out

The ranger advised us not to drive into Key West, take the bus that stops in front of the park.  Off we went Thurs. morn, had to take a 2nd local bus to get into the old town.  It's a fun place to visit, kind of like a zoo, we seem to wind up here about every 10 years, next time may wait for 20 years.  All kinds of people there, young, old, backpacking kids, homeless, every nationality, etc. All kinds of transportation, rental bikes/motorscooters, electric cars, conch trains, accident probability high but fortunately saw none.  As through out the keys the place had chickens running around and crowing, are they for eggs or meals, tourist attraction or just plain breeding out of control, don't know.

We found an out of the way Cuban restuarant recommeded by the locals and had a good lunch, love the fried plantians.  Took in the Butterfly & Nature Conservatory where you walk amongst 100's of butterflies, flowering plants and birds, the butterflies land on you, enjoyed it.  Walked Duval street from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, Nita thinks we walked 5 miles, about 4pm she wore out and said let's go home.  Caught the local bus to the shopping center to catch the 5:30 bus back to Bahia Honda.  At 6:30 still no bus, getting dark and cool, local informs us there was a fatal accident on the 7  mile bridge below Marathon resulting in miles of back up both ways and bus may not run tonight.  The prospect of waiting more hours for a bus prompted us to hoof it off to a motel we spotted half mile away.  Don't get caught in Key West needing a room late in the day, spent a small fortune for a room that needed to be bulldozed.  Slept in our clothes and burshed our teeth with our fingers.  Next morning bus was up and running and it was a great relief to get back to our little motor home.

Pics, homeless recreational vehicle in Key West, Sloppy Joe's bar, southern most point in US, and some butterflies.