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Key West Aquarium and More

As I've said, before: Key West is a tiny little island, but there is so much so do here.  Most visitors know all about the restaurant and night life, but they don't know much about what to do in the daytime.  This post discusses three...

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Shipwrecked in Key West

Shipwrecks have been an integral part of Key West almost since its discovery by Ponce de Leon in 1521; not only because of storms and hurricanes but because of the Great Florida Reef which lies just offshore.  Countless ships have been wrecked and sunk off...

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Relaxing on Marco Island

After our jam-packed week on Key West we headed west on Alligator Alley to Marco Island.  Here we checked in to the Crystal Shores Marriott which we planned to use as our base for relaxation.  Our plans for the entire week were to walk the...

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Geocaching in Florida

We're geocachers and during our last trip to Florida we completed a 4 year quest: Finding a geocache in every county of Florida.  This means that we have found a "hidden treasure" in each of the 67 Floridian (First time I've ever used that word...

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St. Pete Beach

We loved our three week trip to Florida last September so we thought we would try another three weeks, but with different locations.  This time we began our Florida visit on St. Pete Beach. St. Pete Beach is one of several islands just west of St....

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