a little bit worried about Gators
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so we're in the downtown area of key west near the mallory square area
and we are just having a lot of fun being tourists today so today is the day
to be a tourist
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all right so we made it to mile marker zero Key West Florida mile marker zero
it's just as a thing if you're in Key West you'll see is the thing it's just
like all the shops have it but you know zero you're at the end let's go get key
lime pie key lime pie good afternoon this is
Kermit Key West Key Lime shop home of key lime pie
this is amazing highly recommend it
let's go this is Key Lime Pie covered in chocolate on a stick
everything's better on a stick
this key lime candy sugar-free is so good
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so I got us tickets for the aquarium but also I got us tickets for the Hemingway
house here because there was a discount if you purchased tickets for the
aquarium in the Hemingway house together in the tickets for the Hemingway house
we can use any time there's not a like time limit or anything like that on it
so it's not like that we have to do both in one day we can do at any time why
we're here so good savings by purchasing them both here versus separately
Okay guys so we can actually play and this is a horseshoe crab right here
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so today we are going to check out the Hemingway house and personally looking
forward to this one and they've cats I just want to see the cats
I just wanna see the cats too they have... what do you call them
polydactyl
polydactyl no no not the cat
that's what they call the cats polydactyls
but what do they call the...
it's like an extra thumb
that's why it's called a polydactyl
so mom our cat now our dog has that he is six big pad oh yeah
yes he does we have a polydactyl dog
no
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now we're gonna go to the upstairs of the care test this is where he did all
of his writing this let's check it out should be pretty cool
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this was this creative space his actual toilet is right in front of one of the
windows here so I'll show you that pretty unique right here and look in
there he raises literally walk his buddies as as they walk back
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okay this is kind of a cool little fact so this is Key West's only house with a
full basement and the interesting thing about that is that the guy that built it
didn't realize that really probably shouldn't put basements in houses in
Florida because he was from Connecticut so he started excavating all of this
limestone out of the lower level to create a basement in so realizing just
how strong and how durable but that limestone was he then actually
repurposed that limestone but to build the structure of the house itself so it
is one of the strongest houses and strongest structures here in Key West
so it was a really interesting just guided tour and also we walked through
ourselves after the guided tour to just be able to get more of the history of
Hemingway in the history of this particular property but probably one of
the things that stuck out the most was just obviously the circumstances
surrounding Hemingway's death were he did take his own life in that there's so
many things in his life that were obviously untreated he had shrapnel in
his leg he had gone through two wars as a correspondent there was obviously a
lot of PTSD things associated with that that were just not really known or
diagnosed very easily back in the 50s and 60s and also the fact that he was an
alcoholic and then was depressed and so those things that feed to each other in
just kind of really sad that it's 61 years old that his life ended where he
probably could have gone on to write more in to be able to contribute more to
society had he gotten the help he really truly needed for those particular
ailments so just really interesting looking at all of that and then you know
again wondering how many other people have maybe even had their lives ended
early due to things that are totally treatable and that they can get help for
to go on and lead productive lives so today we are going to go including
kayaking and paddleboarding
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oh I just saw that They’re over there, they’re straight in front of us
well not like near us but they're jelly
fish down there yeah I know Oh oh my gosh you can see the bottom here just look down
which is all so grass now you can't see it
but it's all grass I saw it come on dolphins where are you now
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This is beautiful look
Wow Trinity look at that water I know that's amazing so we are going to go first
kayaking and then we're gonna jump on the paddle boards
kids are having a good time
nice
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so we're waiting for a Trinity and Mama and they're back there
they got beached so we're just gonna hang out here enjoy the view I've got
I'm gonna rescue them
I got you guys I'll rescue you
our hero
I could sit out here on a chair
all day long look at this
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Trinity what did you find a glass bottle
is there a message in it no
there's a piece of grass
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so we've just got off of our trip with fury and that was super fun we went out
to a couple of different locations and did some snorkeling some kayaking paddle
boarding it was the kids first time doing kayaking in paddle boarding both
and they fell in love with both in fact they want to get kayaks and paddleboards
so that we could do that more often because it was just a lot of fun so this
was definitely a great company we really enjoyed our time the crew was over and
above hospitable towards us making sure that all of our needs were taken care of
that we always had something to drink or eat if we needed it there was a fresh
water rinse bathroom on board just everything to make you super comfortable
and just to enhance that wonderful time that we had out there on the water
beautiful beautiful day and just enjoying this whole area so during our
time here in a Key West Florida we have stayed at the el Mar RV Resort and we'll
put a link in the description for this resort for you
so that you can have that information if you ever want to stay here we really
really enjoyed our time here this is a very very small RV park there's only 11
sites they do have some regulations you do have to be a certain length to be
able to stay here so there's no year regulations like with some RV parks
where you have to have a RV less than ten years old there's not that just a
length requirement to be able to stay here it was an absolute beautiful place
there are five spots that are on the water and then there are some spots that
are not on the water but either way it's just gorgeous if you do own a
paddleboard a canoe a jetski those types of things you can launch them right here
at the RV park out into the Bay Area which is really really cool if you own
those types of watercraft equipment so I would highly recommend this RV park a
couple of things to be aware of this RV park does not have the typical amenities
so there is not a bathroom shower house and there's not a laundry
room but that didn't really affect us because we use our own bathroom and we
can use our own shower and we happen to have a washer and dryer so that didn't
bother us so much but just something to be aware of if you do choose to stay
here the rates are very very reasonable for the Keywest area however so compared
to a lot of the other resort type of RV parks very very reasonable rates to be
able to stay here at the el mar RV resort it is located on Stone Island
which from where we are staying here at el Mar into like the downtown Key West
area is about a 15 minute drive so very easy to get there we brought our bikes
you can bike down into Old Town Key West very easily from here also so just a
great location to be beautiful area we have palm trees that are right by our
site wake up every single morning and look out at the water just absolutely
gorgeous so we can't say enough also the campground host manager Fiona just
really made our stay extra welcoming and extra special
she gave us a lot of tips and things like that that we would want to do here
in the area she just went even above and beyond gave
us her personal cell phone number if we needed anything told us to call any time
of the day or night just above and beyond hospitality during our stay here
which of course just made us feel so welcome and enjoyed our time
I'm little bit worried about Gators we are at the National Wildlife Refuge
no no no it's not national anything
does it say national yep let me see
national wildlife refuge oh
oh I just got bit by a mosquito I'm good going back to the jeep
supposedly there's gators here
it's a gator
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okay so that was really cool guys I don't think that was cool at all
I was getting bit up by mosquitos we didn't have much of bug spray left suza
I got two mosquito bite there is your window you got it your was I got it nice
I swear like Florida has been great and it's beautiful and most of the beaches
have been really nice Mellissa bugs I got my body has never
been soaked a bit up in my life now this is jeeping it's looking for little tears
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deer where oh dear hi there
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