The “1/11/19 Issue of the Caribbean and Florida Keys Best-Kept Secrets!” newsletter is out. I got some neat videos and
articles on Islamorada, a favorite cay of mine. After landing in Miami from the cold,
bleak gray skies of Ohio, renting a car and driving to Key West, I enjoy the
many cool and unusual
things to do along the way on Highway #1. Remember the classic TV series Route
66? Well, it’s the same type of adventure for me. This issue describes what I’ve
done and what I’m going to do along Highway #1 before the bucket knocks over.
I love helping to save ocean turtles
or pretending I’m Humphrey Bogart sailing on the original African Queen steamboat
with Katherine Hepburn down that treacherous river in Uganda.
It’s fun to become a rum runner (You know what I’m
talking about). I go to the ends of the Earth upon reaching my Key West
destination and hit Sloppy Joe’s, after having a few at the No Name Pub along
the way (which is mentioned in my spy series). At the day’s end I catch the
fascinating sunset on the KW docks, maybe even catch the Fantasy Fest. Who knows?
This “1/11/19Issue of the Caribbean and Florida Keys Best-Kept Secrets!” talks about my “To Do’s” in KW, like taking the Old Town Trolley to Mallory Square to experience
the unique sunset each evening and walking on Smather’s Beach.
My Route 66, uh, I mean Route #1 journey enables
me to feed sharks at the Stoned Crab or take a seaplane to the Dry Tortugas.
Ever stroll through the Bight Marina? Do it! As I writer, I enjoy exploring the
Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum. The grounds are kept in beautiful condition
and the weird cats are friendly. Well, not exactly, one bit me (gently) when I tried
to pet it. Bad hair day, I guess.
It’s also fun to climb the stairs of the
Key West Lighthouse and... drum roll please, to hike through my favorite place,
the Fort Zachary Taylor. So much stuff to do only 100 miles from Cuba, closer
than the nearest Walmart. Well, gotta depart this paradise and go back to Ohio, but driving back to the
Miami Airport, I plan on spending the night in Key Largo after paddling through
the mangrove marshes at the John Pennekamp Reef State Park.
Oh, BTW, if you own or manage a cool place in the Florida Keys or Caribbean, please contact me HERE and give me the scoop on it. I'd love to put it/you in the next newsletter.
Robert Morton writes the "Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster in the Florida Keys and Caribbean" spy series.