Was there 20 years ago for a few hours. Flying in Next Sunday for a couple days. Gonna scuba, gonna eat some key lime pie, gonna get drunk, and not in that exact order. Tell me some things that the internet hasn’t told me.
Taking the wife for our anniversary. It’ll be nice to go out to the world. [Reply]
Get dangerously loaded and chase a chicken and accidentally join a parade when you stumble into it before passing out in your room at 2pm on a Saturday
*Not all Key West experiences are the same [Reply]
Unfortunately it's probably too late to get a reservation but I would HIGHLY recommend a day trip to the Dry Tortugas / Fort Jefferson. You can get there by ferry or seaplane (expensive) or private charter(also expensive). Amazing snorkeling and something very few tourists take the time to do.
Originally Posted by AustinChief:
Unfortunately it's probably too late to get a reservation but I would HIGHLY recommend a day trip to the Dry Tortugas / Fort Jefferson. You can get there by ferry or seaplane (expensive) or private charter(also expensive). Amazing snorkeling and something very few tourists take the time to do.
Originally Posted by AustinChief:
Unfortunately it's probably too late to get a reservation but I would HIGHLY recommend a day trip to the Dry Tortugas / Fort Jefferson. You can get there by ferry or seaplane (expensive) or private charter(also expensive). Amazing snorkeling and something very few tourists take the time to do.
We did this years ago, when you could stay overnight at them (not sure if they still do it) but rest assured, a good amount of Coochie Liquors DNA is likely there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Spott:
If you are doing an anniversary, there’s a cool couple’s spot called Better Than Sex which has a lot of unique desserts, coffee and alcoholic drinks. You’ll need to make reservations ahead of time on their website, but I would definitely check that out.
I can vouch for that. Wife and I hit that place on our trip to KW in 2018. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Spott:
Was there last week. All kinds of stuff to do there. The kayaking tours are very good. I used Lazy Dog and Key West Eco tours the last couple of times I went and both were great. Lazy Dog was a little closer to Key West but the Lazy Dog one seemed it went through more on the tour. I also did a half day snorkeling trip with a company called Honest Eco tours and they were very good. Definitely plenty of options for water sports there. The beaches were so full of seaweed and moss that they were unusable. I assume it’s seasonal but the coast was stacked full of it. If you like coffee, Cuban Coffee queen is amazing, especially if you like your coffee stronger. Zachary Taylor park is definitely cool, too. Hopefully the beaches are cleared up by the time you get there.
If you are doing an anniversary, there’s a cool couple’s spot called Better Than Sex which has a lot of unique desserts, coffee and alcoholic drinks. You’ll need to make reservations ahead of time on their website, but I would definitely check that out.
Did you get the Oreo bread pudding with cheesecake ice cream?
We stayed in Cudjoe Key for a week in 2019. Did the dolphin snorkel eco tour, sunset sail on the When and If, and spent a day at Dry Tortugas. I thought it was hot in December so I can't imagine the June heat. Key West is fun but super crowded. It's hard to find parking, it's easier to just walk everywhere. [Reply]
Make sure you stop at Sloppy Joe's, Ernest Hemingway's hangout back in the day. Even though I lived in Maryland for 20 years, they had one of the best crab cakes I've ever eaten. They're at 201 Duval St. Key West, Florida.
I knew a couple of cop buddies in Chicago that spent a couple weeks down there in the 80’s because their police commissioner boss forced them to take a vacation. Anyway after a montage of rollerblading and deep sea fishing, one of them convinces the other to invest in a dive bar that’s a fixer upper at best. Cut to several weeks after the vacation, they get into a shootout with the local drug kingpin and decide they want to stay cops. The thing is they’re stuck with the bar down in Key West that they bought together using their pension money and an unexpected inheritance from an aunt Rose. [Reply]
