7/12/14

June 5, 2014

Today we took a trip to Key West, Florida to see the sights and smell some smells.  We visited a maritime museum all about finding the treasure from the sunken ship the "Atocha".  We parked about a mile and a half away so we had the opportunity to see some amazing things on our walk to and from the car.  Afterward, walking had taken its toll so we decided to stop by the restaurant called "Blue Heaven" (recommended to us by friends in Indiana). The food was phenomenal.

We pulled over to get a picture of a weather balloon we saw while in the car.

Is it a weather balloon? Of course it is, just ask Norm, he'll tell you an interesting story all about the many times that it has crashed.

A beautiful cloudscape.


A hotel in Key West

An interesting Banyan Tree.

A few pots and pans from the Atocha museum.

This cannon was found under the sea in the Atocha wreck. It was on the sea floor for over 300 years before it was brought to the surface.


The funny thing about this necklace pendant is that it has the saint of lost things (for our non-Catholic readers, that's Saint Anthony) on the back of it-I guess that's why it was found and brought to the surface.


Those bricks are silver bars....

Two words:  lama gallstones   why on earth someone used it in a cup that neutralizes poison? no idea.  This beautiful gold chalice was originally ringed with emeralds.  On the interior it has a cage to hold a bezoar stone, the gallstone from a llama or goat.  Bezoar stones were believed to ward off poison.  Research reveals that the bezoar stone, made up of hair and calcium, contains a protein that bonds with arsenate, the toxic element in arsenic, proving the theory right.


The food from Blue Heaven was to die for. I had yellow snapper in a sort of sauce that I could feel clogging my arteries and Crystal had jerked chicken that was perfectly spiced. Thank you, John and Deb, for the suggestion.

If you didn't already know, Key West has a law protecting chickens as they are the national bird for the Conch Republic.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

We stopped on the top of a bridge for some sunset photos.




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