KEY WEST - TYPICALLY TROPICAL

KEY WEST - THE BRIGHT, THE BEAUTIFUL, THE GAUDY AND THE OH SO GORGEOUS

WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE TO RELAX, UNWIND, WALK AND SOAK UP THE SUN AND THE FUN.  KEY WEST, FL

FLYING IN TO KEY WEST ONE SUNNY DAY

ONE OF MANY IGUANAS THAT APPEAR TO SOAK UP THE SUN - THESE ARE NOT NATIVE TO KEY WEST AND AT ONE TIME WERE SO PROLIFIC THAT THEY HAD TO "ERADICATE" DUE TO HAVING NO NATURAL PREDATORS.  APPARENTLY SOME OF THE LOCALS CALL THEM "CHICKEN OF THE TREES" - DOES EVERYTHING TASTE LIKE CHICKEN, I WONDER???

YUM, OUR SPINY LOBSTER (CRAYFISH) ON THE GRILL

A GORGEOUS BOUGAINVILLEA TOPIARY OUT IN FRONT OF THE WESTIN HOTEL, DISNEY CRUISE SHIP IN THE BACKGROUND

JUST PRETTY BROLLIES

SUNSET PIER - TALK ABOUT COLORFUL, LOVE IT

THE BAR AT SUNSET PIER BEFORE THE SUNSET CROWD ARRIVES EACH EVENING TO - WATCH THE SUNSET AND SIP COCKTAILS

BASKET, HAT AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU FANCY, WEAVING FROM PALM FRONTS

COCONUTS ANYONE??

A COLORFUL LOCAL CHARACTER

EVEN THE SEAGULLS ARE BEAUTIFUL IN KEY WEST

THE DISNEY CRUISE SHIP LEAVING THE DOCK

THE BEACH AT FORT ZACHARY STATE PARK

90 MILES TO CUBA 

I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THESE GORGEOUS PELICANS

OH SO SPECTACULAR AFRICAN FLAME TREES, SO LOVELY TO SEE THEM SO FAR FROM HOME

Clerodendrum vine creeping and blooming all over the island

A BEAUTIFUL SILVER PALM, WITH IT'S BUNCHES OF "BERRIES" AND BEDECKED WITH BLUE CHRISTMAS BALLS - A TROPICAL CHRISTMAS

AND ONE LAST CHRISTMAS TREAT STANDING GUARD.  ALL THE BEST FOR THE SEASON AND THE NEW YEAR.