Memorial Day Weekend 2009 - Initially I wanted to fly home for the four day weekend, (the squadron had Friday off), but tickets were upwards of six hundred dollars. Then I wanted to visit CJ in New Orleans but there was a special in Key West for the weekend. So instead, Lisa, her friend from work, and her friend's boyfriend, and I decided to drive nine hours to the edge of the United States. We left at 2 AM Friday morning and arrived in the Keys around noon. The place looked like something straight out of a travel brochure. Here's a view of the beach to the left:
And the view to the right:
About a mile down the road is the southernmost point of the United States - marked by a bullet shaped thing.
The rest of Friday we were too tired to do much. Saturday we rented scooters and navigated the island.
Random goats on an old fort surrounded by dozens of "No Trespassing - Contaminated Area" signs. Stupid goats. Can you find all five?
This is an old Navy ship that will soon be sunk and made into an artificial reef.
Random goats on an old fort surrounded by dozens of "No Trespassing - Contaminated Area" signs. Stupid goats. Can you find all five?
Hah! Of course not! There are only four. Here is a bomb that was hidden in a palm tree. Coconuts kill 1500 people a year.
By far the craziest part of the trip was going eight miles off the coast to the middle of the ocean and docking to a buoy that marked a coral reef. We then proceeded to dive into the ocean and snorkel around with a ton of fish you would see in aquariums. At one point a six foot fish (Tarpon) swam by me. A little after we arrived, a bunch of boats showed up and started doing the same thing we were doing, except they were tours people had to pay for. Suckers.
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Scenic picture taken from a bar next to the ocean -
Saturday we rented a motorboat from the Marina (with military discount of course), and drove around on the ocean until everyone felt sick and couldn't wait to get off.
Where's Lisa? She stayed behind so she could get a cool picture of us leaving. Just kidding. The picture isn't cool. I didn't get to fish as much as I wanted, but the little fishing I did produced a bunch of weird aquarium-type fish. I have no idea what any of these are.
Where's Lisa? She stayed behind so she could get a cool picture of us leaving. Just kidding. The picture isn't cool. I didn't get to fish as much as I wanted, but the little fishing I did produced a bunch of weird aquarium-type fish. I have no idea what any of these are.
By far the craziest part of the trip was going eight miles off the coast to the middle of the ocean and docking to a buoy that marked a coral reef. We then proceeded to dive into the ocean and snorkel around with a ton of fish you would see in aquariums. At one point a six foot fish (Tarpon) swam by me. A little after we arrived, a bunch of boats showed up and started doing the same thing we were doing, except they were tours people had to pay for. Suckers.
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ReplyDeleteactually, that man is the southernmost point in the continental us. the pylon's actually a huge metal spike that anchors the country to earth
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