At the end of the Overseas Highway lies a once-sleepy little former cigar factory town. It is Key West now, but I'm sure there are many people, "Conch" or otherwise, who still call it Cayo Hueso. En route to this happy place, [Maris] took the above photo of drift-tree, on the Atlantic side of A1A, just west of the 7-mile bridge.
Storm clouds gather on sunny days, too. This is the hotel "Southernmost on the Beach" in Key West.
I don't know who's more colorful in Key West, the locals or their pets. Here, after what must have been a terribly exhausting sit on the pier, a very cool little dog gets a ride home on her Food Guy's back.
Two frames of my very first (and still only) waterspout. It's not a large one and it only lasted a couple of minutes, but it was still an impressive and oddly frightening sight. This is just southwest of Key West in 2002.
Tiki roofs and palm tree. Key West. Not in Polynesia, but who cares!
The same storm that had dropped the waterspout, now over the southern half of the island. Not to worry - the sun will be back in a few minutes.
First, some rain, briefly weighing down the palm fronds.
A larger and more intense storm cell bubbling up a few miles offshore.I'll be back soon, possibly with some of Key West's birds. Or boats. Something.
