{"id":20140,"date":"2017-04-28T06:33:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=20140"},"modified":"2017-04-28T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T19:37:16","slug":"day-7-thursday-april-27-day-off-key-west-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=20140","title":{"rendered":"Day 7. Thursday, April 27 \u2013 Day Off Key West, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing quite like Key West, \"\"<\/a>the homes,\"\"<\/a>the sense of humor, \"\"<\/a>the shops\"\"<\/a> and the saloons,\"\"<\/a>this picture is at 10:00 in the morning, note the people at the bar<\/em> ……truly unique!<\/p>\n

Though we promised ourselves rest, we spent the entire morning walking from end\u00a0\"\"<\/a>to end\"\"<\/a>of Duval Street and back, playing\u00a0tourist and\u00a0taking in the sites. \u00a0The Southernmost House in the Continental U.S.,\u00a0the Casa Cayo Hueso,\"\"<\/a>St. Paul’s Episcopal Church\"\"<\/a>and more bars….\"\"<\/a>…Oops, actually this picture is where we had breakfast! \u00a0Except for the cruise ship crowd we managed to avoid, we were\u00a0surprised to see how few tourists were here.<\/p>\n

By noon, we took refuge\u00a0in the shady courtyard of our little motel and actually did put our feet up.<\/p>\n

Late afternoon, we were rested and ready for one last glimpse at the beautiful sea\"\"<\/a> and a bit more of Key West.\"\"<\/a>The restaurant we choose\u00a0offered beautiful orchids,\"\"<\/a> but not much in the way of good food; but all was redeemed by ice cream, afterwards. \"\"<\/a>\u00a0On our stroll back to the room, we ran into the parade (complete with candy and beads) celebrating the liberation of the Conch Republic. \"\"<\/a>\u00a0Though the camera gave out before the parade actually started, we did manage a few shots of the gathering of characters,\"\"<\/a> quite the show.<\/p>\n

So now that we have gotten a few days of riding under our belt, feel a little more comfortable with being able to do it for longer than a week and are at the southern most point of the east coast…..time to ride home! \u00a0If you are somewhere along the east coast, give a shout out and maybe we can connect on our ride through.<\/p>\n\n\t\t