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Title: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 08:58:29 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/OM1Zji1.jpg)

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 09:04:50 PM: This naval base was specifically built to spy on Cuba:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 09:10:37 PM: The real deal:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 09:19:27 PM: My favorite natural protein drink:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 09:27:01 PM: Like Cuba, many wild game cocks just roaming around:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 09:40:05 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/fPXrUSC.jpg)

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Key lime pie is the thing to do there:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 10, 2022, 10:13:11 PM: This old house is for sale. Doesn't look much but last I checked, the asking price is almost 3 million dollars:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 09:40:57 PM: If the house across the street's asking price is almost 3 million then how much is the southernmost home's price you say? ???

Close to $12 million according to Zillow, again seeing it in person, not too impressive and it's old but it's all about location, location, location..:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 09:52:16 PM: The second southernmost home next to it may be all boarded up per my photo but last I check, it's still worth about $4.6 million ;D:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 10:08:02 PM: And want to stay the night at the southernmost house hotel with the red roof in the back drop of the photo I took here? Be prepare to pay about $600/night and yes expect higher rates on weekends and holidays:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 10:23:10 PM: Was really surprised to see this sign there:

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But this explains it:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 10:30:57 PM: All about boats down there so boat sales and repair shops are great businesses there:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 10:49:35 PM: Key West may be a small town of just 24,000 residents but it has an international airport so if you don't want to drive, you can fly in:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 11, 2022, 11:24:44 PM: It's a small conservative Florida town of 24k residents as mentioned but they have a section for LGBTQ folks:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: Mr_Mechanic on January 12, 2022, 05:56:29 AM: ah, duval street.....we were just there.
Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: Cali Guy on January 12, 2022, 08:57:33 AM: Nice to see people in shorts during winters even the chickens are enjoying the sunshine. What was the crowd waiting for? Good stuff and thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: Dok_Champa on January 12, 2022, 09:06:31 AM: Thanks for the little tour of Key West. Those wild chickens, can they be dinner, lunch or is there ordinances where they can't be touched hahaha... j/w.
Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 12, 2022, 04:14:05 PM: Quote from: Cali Guy on January 12, 2022, 08:57:33 AM
Nice to see people in shorts during winters even the chickens are enjoying the sunshine. What was the crowd waiting for? Good stuff and thanks for sharing.

You're welcome!

They're waiting to get a photo with this buoy:

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It's as busy as the Las Vegas sign if not more so:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 12, 2022, 04:18:16 PM: Quote from: Dok_Champa on January 12, 2022, 09:06:31 AM
Thanks for the little tour of Key West. Those wild chickens, can they be dinner, lunch or is there ordinances where they can't be touched hahaha... j/w.

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The city of Key West protects the chickens — you can't just grab one and make it into your Sunday dinner — but it did hire an official Chicken Catcher in 2004 in an attempt to reduce the population without killing any birds.

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The chickens found in Key West are descendants of the jungle fowl that was originally found throughout the Caribbean, including Cuba. Early settlers in Key West had a normal relationship with their chickens, keeping them in coups and using them for food.
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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: Cali Guy on January 12, 2022, 04:24:12 PM: O0 O0 one day, will make it out to that symbol.
Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: Dok_Champa on January 12, 2022, 06:21:24 PM: So they're protected. I wouldn't be surprised if one or two end up on someone's dinner plate, really ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Also, I imagine fresh eggs....laying around.

They look similar to Asian fighting chickens.
Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 13, 2022, 09:01:08 PM: Won't surprised me if a couple of those wild chickens got eaten by homeless folks... ???
Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 13, 2022, 09:03:49 PM: Must've seen 20 of these sandal outlet stores along the Keys but their prices aren't really outlet prices IMO:

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Title: Re: Sharing photos, less than 100 miles from Communist Cuba at this point
Post by: theking on January 13, 2022, 09:33:46 PM: If you want to save a little bit of money, fuel up first before you go into the Keys and the farther you go in, the more expensive gas is. The gas in Homestead and Miami were at least a dollar less per gallon compared to the ones in Key West:

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Versus:

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