Down in Marathon, Up to No Good…
This last weekend (as you may remember from Monday’s venti sized post) we were down in Marathon Key for a bit and, as it was Nate’s first time in the Florida Keys, we decided to steal away for about an hour while we had some free time to explore the area around the wedding location. Nate had always wanted to drive across the Seven Mile Bridge and luckily (so very luckily as we didn’t have much time) the bridge happened to be one of Marathon’s attractions. The Florida Keys have a strange kind of light. It reminds me very much of the light we encountered down in Mexico. It’s almost as if you’re enveloped in light. And it’s so much light reflecting from the clouds and the water that it becomes a fuzzy haze all around you as it mixes with water droplets and salt in the air. Everything seems to glow a bit reminding me of a dream sequence from a movie. We found a rusted bridge to nowhere and climbed down the side of an overpass, through a rocky beach on the side of the road to get some photos of it. Adventuring is one of our favorite things to do…
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Moonlight…
Nate wants to head back down when we have more time for a vacation. Any recommendations for places to go/stay/see/eat? ;)
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I could write all day on this topic, we vacation in Marathon for two weeks every summer! (and I just have to say that Marathon isn’t a “Key”, it’s just a city. So “Marathon Key” isn’t an accurate way to say it) :) I tried tweeting you guys to tell you the must eat restaurants down there – my two favs are the Island Fish Co. and Tiki Bar which is one of the first restaurants you come to in Marathon. Then, down the road there’s the dumpiest looking place called Herbie’s. They’re not open on Sun or Mon so plan accordingly, but their food is amaaaazing! There’s a ton more so email me if you wanna chat more about it! :)) Love the pics!
Wow these are so creative and artsy! I love them :) Great eye!
I’ve been following your blog lately and LOVE LOVE LOVE your art You two have such amazing eyes!! I grew up in FL and intent to get married there, so best believe I’ll be getting a hold of you for my pictures when that happens. That moonlight picture is pure heaven.
When I went to the Keys with Lewis’ family a couple summers ago we stayed in Islamorada at a timeshare resort. It was nice but more of a fishing community (if you aren’t really into fishing there isn’t a lot there.) But, they did have a fun little restaurant which boasted the “Best Fish Sandwich on the Planet” or something like that. Huge billboards for it everywhere. Another fun and random thing to do in Islamorada is Robbie’s. It’s a boat rental/charter shop but they have docks where you can feed the tarpon fish (which are HUGE) and we had a lot of fun doing that. Great photo opps too.
We spent a fun afternoon on one of the keys at Bahia Honda park and had fun snorkeling there. Great place for a picnic.
Also, in Key Largo, the boat “The African Queen” from the movie is docked at a hotel. Not a huge tourist attraction but it was neat to see.
The week we were there, it was Gay Pride week in Key West so that was rather interesting. I was a little disappointed with the “Sunset Party” in Mallory Square but Sloppy Joe’s bar and the Hemingway Museum are fun in Key West too.
Long comment, hope this helps! :)
Some really cool pics. I love the one with your hair blowing across your face! So in the moment! =)