Our Island Mode of Transportation
Key West is the best known island in the Keys. Vaca Key or Marathon is located half way between Key Largo and Key West. While Key West is the ultimate Keys tourist destination, Marathon is geared for visitors staying longer. We have had friends from Michigan who come here in their RV annually and spend a month or more. Marathon has a huge harbor with over 200 mooring balls in addition to anchorage and Marinas with slips space for transient boaters. For many coming down from the West Coast of Florida, it is the jumping off point to go to the Bahamas or the Caribbean. For others like us, it is our final destination on our cruise this year. Discounts are available for mooring for a month or more. The City Marina and Mooring field has recently built shower and laundry facilities. They automatically pump your boat out each week at the mooring ball. Within walking distance are many local restaurants, fast food restaurants, Home Depot, K-Mart, and West Marine. In addition, there are many business geared to support the boating industry if you need repairs....which we did. Part of the reason for being tardy in posting since arrival is our dinghy and dinghy motor failed upon arrival. The dinghy was repaired by a local business and I was able, with the help of several helpful boaters, to get the outboard running again. We have taken advantage of some of the local restaurants, including breakfast at the "Stuffed Pig". We literally were stuffed after eating an omelet and French toast. We have also done a lot of walking and bike riding. We were able to fit our "Downtube" collapsible bikes in our lazarette and we have them on the island for transportation. The island is about 7 miles long by about a quarter mile wide, so most of our travels are in two directions. On the agenda is relaxing, hitting the beach, taking a bus to Key West, and taking our boat out to several coral reefs for snorkeling
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