Once spring has arrived our thoughts turn to traveling,
before spring clean up in the yard begins and our attention is required at home
for watering and trimming and all the little maintenance that summer requires. The end of April we headed to Boca Raton , Florida to
visit our friend Inge and then down to the Florida Keys where my hubby and I met,
oh sooo many years ago.
. .
We took along with us so many

memories. . .
and the
excitement. . .
to search out places that are a part of our history. As we entered Old Town Key West it seemed so
much bigger than the image my memory held.
At 19 there were so many things lost on my young mind. The history of this beach resort inhabited by
writers and artists, old town architecture, expats and people that just wanted
a simpler life away from city lights and fast food restaurants.
As we headed down the Keys our first big memory was the 7
mile bridge which carries you over the Keys and eventually guiding you into Key West . The bridge has since been replaced with a
more modern version, but leaving the old bridge as a piece of another time and
a place to walk and bicycle. As we wandered
and searched we found pieces of memories, but it was pretty hard to find the Key West we remembered. Because
of the high temps and even higher humidity not to mention the local mentality
of the leisurely life that filled this place, leading the locals and tourists to
much sipping, meandering and slipping into sidewalk cafés to enjoy the local
flavors of freshly caught seafood and cool tropical drinks.
As I walked the streets I noticed many locals mode of
transportation was bicycling and bicycle drawn carriages replaced taxi cabs to
show tourists the sights or just give you a lift when it was too hot for
walking. With beaches framing Key West
it was a mile walk from one side of town to the other, beginning and ending on
a beach. On our first night we took the
walk stopping for dinner along the way. Night
life filled the air with music and conversation floating out from the open air
restaurants. It was easy to see why residents and tourists are drawn to this place.
And yes, we did hail a bicycle taxi back to our hotel.
And yes, we did hail a bicycle taxi back to our hotel.
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