Tom & Ali's Florida Trip Video-Chapter 4-Key West-Hard Rock Cafe (& the friend we made while eating there)-Crabby Dick's-7 Mile Bridge-(& more pics.):

So here's the fourth installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent in Key West, mostly of us at Hard Rock Cafe (& of the friend we made while eating there-pretty funny but kind of mean) & of us having lunch at Crabby Dick's (both are on Duval Street). Then, there is a quick blip of us driving north up the coast back to Miami (specifically while on Seven Mile Bridge, or not). Another special thanks to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did a spectacular job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put some more picturesque photos of Key West and some of its points of interest that we found online below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Key West and some of its points of interest:

Another shot of Duval Street (the calmer end)

The home of Ernest Hemmingway, one of the popular tourist attractions in Key West

A shot of another pretty beach in Key West

Another cool shot of a ship at sunset. We ate at the cafe on the waterfront seen in this picture at sunset and it was a gorgeous view. Tons of sail boats and ships went floating by as we ate. Also, there were several street performers entertaining the crowds (such as a guy juggling an assortment of flaming objects). So, the waterfront is definitely a cool place to go hang out & eat at around sunset if you're ever down there.

Sunset shot of another pretty beach in Key West

Tom & Ali's Florida Trip Video-Ch. 3-Key West-Other (Party) End of Duval St.-(And more picturesque photos of Key West & its points of interest):

So here's the third installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent in Key West (mostly of Duval Street on the other/party end of it). A special thanks again to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did a spectacular job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put a few picturesque photos of Key West and some of its points of interest that we found online below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Key West and some of its points of interest:

Shot Of the Episcopal Church on Duval Street as seen in our video

Shot of Key West's Lighthouse. They intentionally built it short to increase the likelihood of ships crashing on the reefs here. Ship salvaging was one of the first and primary sources of revenue and job/economy growth in Key West. That's why so many movies like Fools Gold are shot here, because there really are several shipwrecks still out in the ocean to discover and scavenge.

Another beautiful sunny day on a beach in Key West

Another beautiful shot of a sailboat at sunset

Tom & Ali's Florida Trip Video - Chapter 2 - Key West - Duval Street - (Also some picturesque photos of Key West and some of its points of interest):

So here's the second installment of the video of our Florida trip. As the title states, this part of the video is footage from our time spent in Key West (mostly of Duval Street). A special thanks again to Peter for all his help with editing this video, he did a spectacular job (he edits videos for his real job too, so he's really good)! Also, we put a few picturesque photos of Key West and some of its points of interest that we found online below the video for your viewing pleasure. So, here you go and enjoy! =-)

Be sure to pause the music at the bottom of the blog before starting the video.

Pictures of Key West and some of its points of interest:

The Southernmost Point Monument. Only 90 Miles to Cuba! Woo Hoo!

A beautiful sunny day on a beach in Key West

An aerial shot of Key West and Duval Street during their "Pride Festival"

Shot of a sailboat at sunset

Our Trip to Florida

The long promised photos are now available... actually, after we looked at the photos there really weren't many of them. We will publish more photo and a video later, but here are a few of them:

We arrived at Fort Jefferson - a really cool place. Fort Jefferson takes up almost all of Key Dry Tortugas, and is a 2 hour boat ride from the civilization. Cuban refugees land on this island almost daily (although I was not fortunate enough to see a landing myself):



Alison looking sexy on Key Biscayne:



Both of us hanging out on the beach:



A picture of me (Tom) looking super tan, flexing all of my muscles and trying to look cool (and probably succeeding, probably):




~Glamour shot removed due to popular outrage~




The trip was great, and a great deal for us. We had a really fun time. Check out the slide show for additional photos.

Our Vacation

Well, no photos yet. But the trip was great. Besides having both of our flights cancelled, both ways, we managed to get there and back pretty much on schedule. Photos and a video to come!

Our Trip

So - we'll be off to Miami and the Keys this month. We are leaving on the 26th and coming back May 4th. You can all stop worrying about the sugar gliders - My mom Pam will be taking care of them. Anyway, we'll be spending the first part of our trip in the Keys, staying in Key west. We are actually going to be arriving on the day before they re-join the Union (they ritualistically break away from the US for a few days each year, declare war, then re-join and demand aid). So, pretty much the coolest building ever lies on the last key in the archipelago - it's called Fort Jefferson... it was a fort built on a super remote, super small island called "Dry Tortugas"--it's purpose was to fight pirates (I hope they don't try to fight me because I pirated the images used in this blog entry...) We have to take a 2 hr. boat ride, then we can snorkel, tour the building... stuff like that. Dr. Mudd (who was prosecuted as a conspirator to assassinate President Lincoln) spent some time there after it was converted into a prison... If I am sent to prison for disobeying copyright laws and posting these photos to our blog, then send me there please!! Anyway, we are both pretty excited.. I'll post the video when we are back.