Sloppy Joe's Key West

I have to admit that Key West was my least favorite part of our trip. Key West itself is pretty great and very interesting. I was fascinated by the stories we heard as we toured the home of Ernest Hemingway. We were all especially interested in Hemingway's cats! I think most of us took more pictures of the cats that were everywhere than we did of …

Cliff:

A short ride today from Miami to Key West, about 275km (170miles). Some really long bridges and a really laid back party sort of place. Got some good pics near 7 Mile Bridge and rolled up the jeans and put my feet in, the water was so clear and full and small to medium fish swimming around.

Really funny thing happened …

... incidents (thunderstorms, heat waves, 10 mile rides, etc.) and making her dance to Bon Jovi and Cheap Trick at Sloppy Joe's www.sloppyjoes.com. She really WAS ready to kill us all after making her bike the entire island! We also went ...

... to one of the bars called the Bear something-or-other, had an over-priced ($4.75) bottle of Bud then wandered down to Sloppy Joe's which I have seen before thanks to the fabulous quality of their webcams. The one that faces the street is fabulous...Just ...

... and they "knew how to play". Very interesting, dude. His attention was grabbed by the by a statuesque, tattooed, dreadlocked employee of Sloppy Joe's....."Look at the rack on her!"...."Wanna meet her?". Hmmm, I think if I had the urge, I would probably ...

... at hand.  Beer before noon seemed like a good idea since it was my birthday.  So a couple of cold Key West beers and a Sloppy Joe sandwich was lunch.  No question, hands down, best Sloppy Joe sandwich ever.  Highly recommend. Now it ...

... that is where we spent our time. Key West, or Cayo Hueso --translation Bone Island- is the Southernmost city in the continental United States. It is 4 miles long and 2 miles wide.Since its official founding in 1922, only 4 people have been killed in ...

... water!  Lots of famous landmarks pop up in Key West from Tony's Saloon famous for bras being tacked tot he ceiling to Sloppy Joe's, made famous by being the favorite haunt of Hemingway.  Mallory Square is the farthest West one can go in Key ...

... keitto on lähistöllä yllin kyllin... joskin päätellen siitä, että talo oli vuorattu kuvilla Papasta kalansaaliiden kanssa ja Sloppy Joe's baarissa on yhä hänelle varattu tuoli, niillekin riitti aikaa). Tietenkin myös se manner-USA:n eteläisin ...

... for position with others doing the same thing. Did the same when I popped into The Hog's Breath. Isn't technology wonderful? In Sloppy Joe's a group was doing the business as I ordered a (half) 'pint'. I suspect Ernest Hemmingway never went to ...

... has trained a bunch of house cats to do tricks like jumping through flaming hoops. Then we hit some of the hotspots, like Sloppy Joe's and Hog's Breath Saloon (where Bob and Ralph had their picture taken with the Key West Calendar Girls), etc. The ...

... to go bar hopping after seeing how spirited the area looked on our first night. Hogs Breath is like a dive bar with live music, Sloppy Joe's is a bigger venue with live music and a dance floor, Rick's has a cool roof top bar where you can watch people ...