My Day In The Gulf Of Mexico

When I booked this ferry ride I thought it included lunch and snorkeling. I didn't realize I would be gone from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Plus we got breakfast.

I got to walk to the right of this part of the fort along Bush Key. Normally this part of the national park is closed to tourists because it is a breeding ground for sooty terns. No sooty terns are breeding yet so I had a nice walk along the key look at the sea.

I found a pretty purple sea fan.

As I walked along the beach I watched a dozen brown pelicans fly and dive into the sea with great vigor and no success. I took 16 pictures of the pelicans and when I looked, I captured zero pelicans. Photographing on my phone in bright sun light is difficult.

Hello ruddy turn stone.

Somebody made a collection of conch shells.

We left at 2:45 in order to arrive at the Key West port by 5:30. I stood out on the deck in the sun and the wind listening to 70's music over the speakers. I especially liked Come Sail Away by Styx.