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National Key Deer Refuge
The National Key Deer Refuge was established in 1957 in order to protect the wildlife of the Florida Keys. It is located in the Lower Florida Keys, is made up of about 9,000 acres mangrove forests, freshwater wetlands, hardwood hammocks,…
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Key West Restaurant Review – La Trattoria Oceanside
Martha’s was one of Key West’s finest restaurants until it closed in the early 2000’s, and ever since then the building has sat vacant. Until recently that it. The owners of the fab Italian restaurant, La Trattoria located on Duval…
Read MoreKey West Beaches
So you are coming to Key West and you want to relax at the beach for some of your trip. Well if you are staying at one of the few hotels with a small beach area, such as the Pier…
Read MoreTraveling to Key West
Practically everyone has heard of Key West but many people have no idea where it is or how to get here. Almost everyday I have someone ask me how to get to Key West. So for all those wanting to…
Read MoreA Brief History of Key West
Florida’s Calusa Indian tribe was forced to migrate south to Key West where they fought to keep the southernmost lands as the New World was settled. In the process many Indians were killed and the Key West beaches were used…
Read MoreParadise Pups
My Maltese, Indiana Bones, is small and well behaved and he loves to go places with me as much as I like taking him places so we are pretty much always together. For this reason, my husband has taken to…
Read MoreKey West Fishing Report
Key West Fishing Report For The Key Wester Inshore is the name of the game this week. Tarpon fishing has been very good and offering our anglers at Dream Catcher Charters a nice start to an early morning during the…
Read MoreGearing Up for Lobster Mini Season in Key West
The traffic coming into the Florida Keys and Key West is already picking up with Floridians trailering their boats down readying for lobster mini season which falls on July 27th and 28th this year. Mini season is always the last…
Read MoreKey West Celebrates Hemingway Days
This week Key West has been busy celebrating the life of one of its most famed residents ever to call the island home, Ernest Hemingway, or as the locals used to call him, Papa. From July 19th to the 24th,…
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