One of our excursions was a walking tour and a trip to the Hemingway House and our tour guide was extremely animated. He gave us the real perspective of Key West and told us the truth about Ernest Hemingway, who was not the angel that some people may think he was.
Interestingly, Hemingway bought his house with a view of the Key West Lighthouse so that he would be able to find his way home after a night out drinking at Sloppy Joe's. Our tour guide mentioned that the view from Hemingway's balcony was the best view of the lighthouse in all of Key West.
Here's a photo of both of us:
Unfortunately, the lighthouse is a little bit blown out, but it is still there.
Another thing that we liked about the Hemingway House was the "Hemingway cats". Hemingway was given a six-toed cat and over the years the number of cats living on the property grew to sixty. Of those sixty cats, approximately thirty of them are polydactyl (extra-toed). Here's Shine the seven-toed cat:
Isn't he cute?
After our second excursion in Key West we ran (literally) to the Southernmost Point in the United States. Along the way we passed by the lighthouse and got a different close up perspective of it.
The next time we go to Key West we want to go onto the grounds of the lighthouse and climb the 88-steps to the top.
Looking at these photos definitely makes me want summer to come that much faster!
Very interesting facts about Earnest Hemingway..kind of neat that he "used" the lighthouse sort of the way it was intended..it kept him on the right course!!
ReplyDeleteLove the info about the cats...when I was a kid I had a six toed cat...they are quite the hunters!!!