Today is our last day in Key West. Keith and I met for breakfast at 8:30 then gathered up our dirty laundry and went to find a laundramat. After washing our clothes we headed back to our rooms and got the bikes out. We washed them and cleaned and lubed the chains so we are ready to ride in the morning.
After our chores were done we went sightseeing again. First stop was the Key West Light house. Pretty interesting to see. We climbed up to the top of the tower. It was pretty tiring but we managed to get up. We enjoyed reading about the families of the keepers over the years.
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| View from the Lighthouse |
Next stop was Ernest Hemingway's house which was across the street. We found out some things about Hemingway which we were not aware of. I was amazed with the size of his house and grounds. I thought it was small but it was a good size. The other amazing thing was the number of cats on the premises. A lot of them had six toes. They all have names and when they die, they are buried on the propery. They put their names on a monument.
We walked quite a bit all over Key West and started back to our hotel where much to our surprise, a party was in full swing celebrating the Zombie parade which was taking place this evening.
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| Party at our hotel |
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| Zombie parade |
The parade was supposed to start at 4:30 from a point a few miles from us. This is a bicycle parade. We found out that there were going to be 4,000 riders. Anyway a strong rainstorm came up and delayed the start so we walked to dinner. Were going to a cuban restaurant which our waiter at lunch had recommeded. When we got there it was closed! We found another place which wasn't cuban but was very good, We started walking back and found that the zombies had arrived. They were all over the place. Between the zombies and other folks dressed up as pirates we found ourselves in the middle of a great halloween party. We finally made it back to the hotel. We will be leaving after breakfast.
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| Dogs have the life! |
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| Hemingway's pool |
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| One of the cats at Hemingway's house |
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