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Keeping it Key West mellow | Secrets of an information junkie
My name is Linda and I am an information junkie. This is how I keep it Key West mellow. I'm one of those folks who, in the olden days, read newspapers and magazines, listened to radio broadcasts and watched television news. All on multiple platforms, papers and...
Linda Grist Cunningham is editor and proprietor of Key West Island News. She lives on the island with Ranger Ed and the Cat 5s.
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Dry Tortugas camping | 10 lessons for sissies
In the beginning... Ranger Ed and I started camping at Fort Jefferson in April 2017, to celebrate our 40th anniversary. From gale force winds and rain to those wonderful sunsets, we decided we'd keep the old gear. https://animoto.com/play/akaEqg8vQ1h5WrCaOgHTfw Fast forward to May 2023 In the...
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Ranger Ed and I headed to Fort Jefferson for our annual four days of pack-in-pack-out camping. There's no cell service, no wifi. And, because I packed and cooked and juggled stuff instead of writing a column, well, you get this one from May 2020. You know what's scary? It's been three years,...
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Twice in the past week someone asked me if it's time to leave Key West. That's not a wholly unusual question. Folks leave Key West for careers on the mainland, for school, for family opportunities, for affordable cost of living, for health care, for plain old variety. In that sense, we're no...
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It’s a rare day there’s news so important we need it now. Had the world blown up while we were camping in the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles from potable water, plumbing and electricity, we’d have eventually figured it out. I mean, if there were no ferry for three days? Kind of a signal weird might be happening back home. ... See MoreSee Less
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Good luck with that! May it last! ✌🏽
Fort Jefferson camping ain’t for sissies. When the National Park Service says it's primitive camping with a no-exceptions pack-in-pack-out rule, be a believer. And, still I watch the uninitiated wandering around hunting for a cell signal. Sigh. Here's how Ranger Ed and I decode the hype and marketing of the trip that's on a lot of bucket lists. (That's Ed, Martha and Flick atop Fort Jefferson. I stayed sea level because, well, I can be a sissy.) ... See MoreSee Less
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Such is the stuff of which marketing campaigns are made. Words like these from the Dry Tortugas camping ferry folks are a siren song: "Imagine sleeping underComment on Facebook
I camped overnight once there years ago with a friend. I had no idea hermit crabs could be so loud!
I’ve been there several times but only on day trips. I have a picture of my husband up there
After all the prep and one night on the island, we were told the next morning that we had to depart; they were evacuating the island for hurricane Wilma. I think our next attempt was also scuttled by a storm. No doubt we will try again;-)
Camped 2 nights with my buddy Walter. His first time camping and he wanted to sleep on the beach 🏝️ until the crabs came out.
Marianne Boyd Jodi Swanberg Sceville Jeffery Sceville
Kaylece
As romantic as it sounds to live on a boat, it’s a LOT of work. Being able to take the “house” out to Fort Zach was an amazing experience when we went in September 2021. You are not kidding about the sudden gales! Out of nowhere with a clear blue sky… That weather was absolutely crazy! Little Africa was mind blowingly gorgeous.
Tony Buczynski
Lenny Caudill
Rylee Brown Andy Brown
What all do you have to bring to camp over night?
Sweat flies during the day, you can't escape them. Cubans arrived in the middle of the night...some carring machetes. Hopefully you can speak a little Spanish. Don't leave your cooler or food outside of the tent.
Stayed in the harbor over night in our boat. The stars were unspeakably beautiful
I have camped there at least 5 times, each time different. But I am an avid camper, and love each and every time. It is remote camping for sure.
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