February 2020 – After a short break from Ben’s family, we hosted our final visitors, friends Ric and Marie, for a long weekend. It was very windy, and not quite as warm as the previous week, but still nice weather for a couple of excursions.
Marie is an avid photographer, so she and Ben headed off to Sombrero Beach each morning to get some sunrise pictures. We also made day trips down to the ‘dirt mall’ (Big Pine Key Flea Market), No Name Key, Bahia Honda State Park, and the Crane Point Nature preserve.
We went out to a couple of our favorite spots, as well as finally made it to Burdine’s, and Ric and Marie even took over the galley one evening to prep a fantastic dinner. A great way to wrap up our 2020 visitor season!
Looking for the scene with sunrise at her backLike this, perhapsLooking for just the right angle to get waves lapping on the sandOn the first day, less than spectacularBut on Day 2, started out really nice…Until this big cloud came across – still pretty, thoughPart of the shoreline was hard, sharp coral…but little tiny plants found a footholdWe drove around on No Name Key, and had to slow for this tiny Key Deer (endangered)The old Bahia Honda bridge, from the Key West endThis iguana was sunning himself before ducking back into an old rusty pipeGetting a good angle on the Bahia Honda bridge from the EastA historic home at Crane Point (Adderly house)A little background on the man who moved here in the late 1800s. (Click here to learn about hammocks)Over at Crane Point, Chantale getting a fish pedicure – creepy at first, but it only tickledMarie sitting down with a couple French tourists to feel the tiny fish nibble away the callusesWe had to give Ric the full Tiki treatment on his PainkillerAnd yet another sunset
