Jacqueline’s Jaunts

12 May 2025, Boyd's Key West Campground, Key West, Florida Jeeps-12 We were up before the roosters today. Today, the four of us visited Dry Tortugas National Park by boat, and we had to board the ship between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. It is a three-and-a-half-hour ride, seventy miles off the coast of Key West. Our ship, the Yankee Freedom III , served us breakfast and lunch. At 1:45, the bar opened. They also provide snorkeling gear.  Jan and I took Dramamine, just in case we would get nauseous. We were OK on the trip there and back. Once we arrived and disembarked the ship, we went inside the fort to wait for Ben, our tour guide. He gave us a twenty-minute introduction about the place, which was very informative. He also did an hour tour, but we decided to go independently.  We followed the National Park signs around the fort. We walked all three levels. I cannot imagine living on the island so far from everything. When the fort was active, it had 100 cannons that protected Key Wes...