We switched things around a little today. We had breakfast in our room again, but then went down to the pool in the morning rather than waiting until the afternoon. The weather was sunny and hot – great pool weather. Actually, for the first time since we have been here there were some clouds floating by that occasionally blocked the sun.
After swimming and reading by the pool we showered and took the shuttle to the Southernmost Point, which is where the Butterfly Nature Conservatory is. We had lunch before going to the conservatory. We were deciding between Southernmost Beach Cafe and Seaside Cafe. There were birds flying around the entrance to Southernmost Beach Cafe, so to avoid being attacked we went to Seaside Cafe.
We had an outside table several feet from the water, which was cool (I think we have eaten every meal other than breakfast outside).
We had their specialty, which is Lobster Pizza. It was good for cheese pizza. We could not taste the little bit of lobster that was on the pizza. We would not order it again.
We then went to the The Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory, which was just across the street from the restaurant. We first watched a movie about butterflies, which was very interesting. They are really fascinating, especially their metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. We then walked among the butterflies, which Barbara was actually okay with.
Butterflies are very gentle. There were also a lot of very small birds and two large pink flamingos.
The conservatory was pretty small so it only took around 15 or 20 minutes to get through it, and that was taking it leisurely. They have a huge gift shop, where we bought a Monarch mobile for our porch.
We took the shuttle back to the hotel, where we rested for a short time, and then took the shuttle back to the Southernmost Point area for our dinner at Louis Backyard.
From Barbara: We started by sharing a salad with walnuts, blue cheese & apples. We both enjoyed it. Jim had seared tuna, sticky rice & bok choy. I had salmon with a mustard sauce, black eyed peas & green beans. We both enjoyed our dinners. We shared key lime pie with berries for dessert. We liked it but have had better. The restaurant is right on the ocean & we could hear the waves as we ate. It was lovely.
When we left the restaurant it was drizzling, but it started raining hard during the five minute walk to the shuttle stop. Fortunately we had taken an umbrella with us. Our timing was horrible since it stopped raining shortly after we got to the shuttle stop.
Tomorrow is our last day here. We have really enjoyed this vacation. It was just what the doctor ordered (metaphorically). It has been very relaxing, the weather has been fabulous (except for ten minutes tonight), our hotel was wonderful, and it has been great getting away from the daily routine and just being together.
Jim and Barbara's Travel Journal 