A Walk In Key West

Today I took a walk in the downtown area of Key West.  The place I'm staying in has a shuttle bus that brings its guests over to that part of the city and back.  After arriving, I walked southward on Duval Street, found a place to eat lunch, and eventually reached the southern end of the street.  I then found my way to the marker for the southernmost place in the continental United States.  There were so many people intent on taking pictures of it (and in most cases, themselves, too) that we formed a line.  While waiting, a train came by.

Eventually, I got my chance to take a pic of the marker.  If any of you left-wingnuts out there want to see some real socialism, go to this marker and continue 90 miles farther south.  In reality, however, this is not the real southernmost location in the continental U.S. or even in Key West.  That distinction actually goes to a peninsula named Whitehead Spit, which is about 1,000 yards to the west of the marker.  However, since it's on a military base, we civilians can't normally go there.

A few feet from the marker is this statue of a man blowing into a conch shell.

From the southernmost marker and the conch shell man, I proceeded up Whitehead Street and took a shot of these houses, along with some local traffic.

I soon came across the Key West Lighthouse, now a museum, seen here from Truman Avenue.

In a shot from Whitehead Street, the lighthouse was largely obscured by trees.

These two roosters were hanging around on a side street.  Feral chickens are all over the island.

I found my way to Truman Waterfront Park and took a pic of this huge cruise ship, run by Virgin Voyages.

After I left the park, I reached the end - not of my walk, but of U.S. Route 1.

I continued walking back to the shuttle bus stop and eventually rode back to my latest temporary undisclosed location.