And the history lesson continues.....

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

Here's a photo of Bob's morning.....  :0(

You gotta love the traffic!

Here's a photo of my morning....  :0)

You gotta love the pelicans!

Steve tightening Cindy's chain on her 

bicycle before our "Girls Day Out"

Jayne forgot her helmet so she went back to get it

While she was gone I took a quick shot of Cindy

She's so cute!

The three of us getting into town

A beautiful tree in front of one of the 

Art Galleries we visited

Another Art Gallery

And another !

Oh look, another unusual tree

at another Art Gallery

And another.....

Many more galleries but enough pictures!

You gotta love this Manatee mailbox !

Louie's Backyard

Another view of Louie's

This is Steve and Cindy's favorite place to 

go in Key West.  I can't wait for Bob to get back

because he is going to love it also!

Front porch of Louie's

Back deck of Louie's

Another view of ocean

The patrons can bring their dogs....the dogs go 

swimming and then they come up a ramp to the deck

and hang out the rest of the time !

Flower at Louie's - isn't it gorgeous!

Fort Zachary Taylor State Park

Home of America's southernmost Civil War fortress

The woman was kind enough to take a photo of 

us entering the park

WIENER DOG'S!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meet Larry & Lynnie

Cindy and Jayne 

Overlooking the fort

Can you see the iguana?

A moat surrounding the fort

In response to the War of 1812, the United States

began building a series of fortresses to defend the nation's

coastlines. In 1845, construction began on a fort to protect

Key West Harbor.  When finished, it was one of the most important

forts in the United States because it defended the waters around

Key West, the Straits of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.  The 

fort, named after President Zachary Taylor, was used in four wars and 

decommissioned in 1947 following the abolishment of the 

Coast Artillery Corps

Cindy and I 

A view from the fort of the ocean

This is the first tier of the fort

In order for the old fortress to remain useful, changes 

needed to be made to accommodate improved coastal artillery 

weapons, so soldiers and engineers occupied Fort Taylor 

while the fort was "modernized" during the Spanish-American War.

In 1898, the top two tiers of the fort were removed and two new batteries -

Osceola and Adair - were built.  The project was complete by 1905.

A view inside the fort

It was called the "Parade Ground"

This area was used for troops to 

assemble for inspection or drill

North Curtain

Cannons were set up here in rooms

called casemates

Another view inside the North Curtain

Information on President Zachary Taylor

Ammunition for cannons

Information on the fort

More information

Fort Zachary Taylor beach

The hours are 0800 to sunset 365 days a year

A different view of beach

Isn't it beautiful !

Me taking the girls home in our dinghy at sunset

Jayne in dinghy

Look Bob!

Gary put his container in the same place as yours!!

What a great day today was.  Jayne, Cindy and I met at the dinghy dock at noon and began our "Girls Day" out.  We had a wonderful time exploring areas of Key West I (we) hadn't seen yet.  Saw lots of great art, a wonderful place to eat at (Louie's) and then a beautiful beach to go to in the future.  After our busy day we all exhausted and were going to just veg the rest of the night.  NOT!  We ended up going to Guenther's boat and watched the boys do some fishing.  They caught one Hammerhead prior to our arrival and caught a stingray, that got away while we were there.  It was the end of another beautiful day in Key West.  The day would only have been better if Bob was here!