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The African Queen from the movie is hanging in the main commercial canal in Key Largo. It was used for tours with tourists through the canals, but I guess they figured out it wasn't worth it. Now it just hangs there.

The Spiegel Grove a couple of days before it was sunk in 2002 to make a popular dive site. The 510 feet vessel turned over while it was sinking and bottomed deck down. More money was spent to turn it over, but further than on the side didn't happen. Half a year later a nearby passing hurricane turned it bottom down and sits now right side up. Who says hurricanes are all bad...
Kite boarding on the waters of Islamorada, a beautiful activity.
Jules Underwater Lodge is the only underwater hotel in the world. It sits in a little lagoon in Key Largo about 30 feet underwater underneath the bubbles. There are two bedrooms and one common room. Guests can dive all day and night from their underwater room. See here for more about it.
See the reefs and stay dry! The inside of glass bottom boat 'Key Largo Princess'.
Caribbean colors are big in the Keys and it doesn't stop with furniture.
An Egret patrolling the fishing boats for fish scaps. They tast so much better than self caught fish.
Ye olde MarkV Navy dive suit! Anybody that wants an old style Navy dive experience can do that at the main commercial canal in Key Largo. For more click here .
Me thinks you humans are ugly!
And another sunset; they keep on coming...
Especially on summer afternoons, the weather can turn moody on a dime as if you did something bad to it. Here it was particularly pissed off and produced three waterspouts. The funny thing is that usually after half an hour all is forgotten and it is nice as if nothing happened... (photo Hal Burton)
The evening falls on the lovely Port Largo neighborhood. Won't you be my neighbor? (photo Hal Burton)
Out to the reefs from Key Largo. Or into The Blues.
A bottom fishing trip is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get. In this case it was a puffer fish. And puffing up it did!
Oh yeah, a Manatee mailbox. We gotta have those. They make the Keys a better place.
Along with the Aligator mail boxes.
EVACUATE-HELL NO sign at Sharkey's bar. In 2005 hurricane Irene was threatening Key Largo and a reporter of the Weather Channel was hanging out around the main commercial canal to find some good drama to liven up the Weather Channel show. He interviewed people at Sharkey's convinced he could find some worried people. Too bad for him and his 'show', the only worry found was something like beer glasses may be blown off the table and he backed off totally disappointed. The sign was put up a couple of days later. Hurricanes, schmurricanes...
And this is what you do when a hurricane is coming. Somebody smart figures out what the wind direction will be. Then all the boats turn the bow into that direction and are tied up in the middle of the canal so they won't be beaten up against the walls. Then you hope the ropes (or lines) will be strong enough...
A Snowy Egret standing pretty.
Short Stay Rate sign at the Oyster Bar at Snapper's. Those people know their oysters...
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