Where In The World Is Pepper

The last five blogs were posted automatically.  I have been asked how do you do that?  It is fairly simple:

To set your blog post to publish at a future time and date, log into your Blogger account and compose a new post. Instead of clicking the Publish Post button, however, click the Post Options link at the bottom of the form.

This presents several additional options. To publish at a future date, select Scheduled At under Post Date and Time. Enter the date and time you want the blog post to publish in the boxes beneath Scheduled At. Click the Publish Post button to save your blog post and set it to publish at the date and time you specified.

The reason I do this is I know I am going to be in a location that I will not have access to reliable internet. Mom and I went back to Collier Seminole State Park for 5 days. We just enjoy the park immensely and I wanted to take a couple of hikes that I missed.

I took this video of a cormorant and his dinner. He was sure giving that fish a fit.

Currently we are back on the keys. We found a Passport America campground in Marathon Florida for $33 a night, which is very reasonable. The catch is we have to spend 5 nights here. Yeah, 5 nights by the Gulf, in warm sunny weather… sigh. It is a sacrifice but mom and I are willing to do it. This park is great! Cable TV and Wi Fi, showers and laundry. People are friendly and lots of dogs to pet and spoil.

Mom and dad did go Rving back in the 70’s for 6 months. My dad’s idea of traveling was very simple. There is a point A (where you are) and a point B (where you want to be) and he drove like gang busters to get to point B. It was “Get in, Sit down, Buckle up and Shut up.” One of the trips was to Key West Florida and they drove the old highway which was a widen railroad track. Dad was pulling an Airstream and mom remembers him hitting the side of the bridge a couple of times. It was terrifying. Once he made it to Key West, he stopped at a Sears (I think) and then he drove back towards Miami stopping along the way to spend the night. I made sure we stopped longer than an hour.

Here are some pictures of my hike I took while staying at Collier Seminole State Park.  There will be more tomorrow.

The Last of the Pictures of Key West

The Butterfly Garden and some friendly birds…

Key West Florida

Key West Chicken Law – According to the gentleman who drove the trolley there is a law in Key West that protects the free roaming chickens.  You cannot harm a chicken in Key West. I am thinking do they serve chicken in Key West?  hmmm

Day two at Key West we decided it would be wise to get on a trolley.  Our first stop was the butterfly garden then we decided to visit Mallory Street and have lunch.  Mallory Street is located on Key West’s historic waterfront.  It is filled with gift shops.  It also has a Historic Memorial Garden which features 36 bronze bust of the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.  Other attractions located at Mallory Square is the Key West Aquarium and Key West Shipwreck Museum.  After spending a couple hours in Mallory Square we did a tour of the island and then headed back to Homestead.
Some of Key West famous residents were Ernest Hemmingway, Jimmy Buffet, and several Presidents vacationed here.  A few of Key West Landmarks and Historical Places are Ernest Hemingway’s home, Harry Truman Little White House, Fort Zachary, Key West Lighthouse, and the Southernmost Point in the Continental US.

We would have loved to spend another day there but weather and time constraints would not allow.  The time we did spend there was a lot of fun.

Enjoy the pictures.

Mallory Square
	It was so hot it was sweating.

The Trolley Ride