Today we went to Pigeon Key which is only accessible by boat, bike riding or walking 2.7 miles over the old bridge. This 5 acre island is said to have been named after the large flocks of White-crowned pigeons which once roosted here. We traveled by boat.
We have learned a lot about Henry Flagler who had a vision to develop the east coast of Florida. He was responsible for building and consolidating railroads and eventually extended train service to Key West. All along the route he built hotels and resorts providing vacation opportunities for the rich people from the northeast and he also provided accommodations for the middle class citizens.
Between 1908 and 1912, there were at times as many as 400 workers housed on the Pigeon Key who worked on the railroad to Key West.
We passed an iguana when we returned to the dock at Marathon. We have seen iguanas at other places during our travels.
During the afternoon we went to Sombrero Beach which is the #1-rated beach in the continental United States. It is a public beach and there were a lot of people there today.
We stayed there about an hour and then went looking for some more geocaches. I continue to stay amazed by how many geocaches are hidden every place we check out. Today, we were able to find all 5 caches we were searching for.
A really clever hide was in a wooden box sunk to ground level and covered with a coconut and mulch.
Another one had a travel bug that I grabbed. I need to drop it in another cache. I plan to bring it back to Maryland and look for a good place to leave it.
Lost Beach cache was a magnetic key box stuck up in the post of a sign in a parking lot.
We attended Ash Wednesday service at Martin Luther Chapel which is located in Marathon. We joined them for a soup supper before the service and it was nice to meet some of the folks and talk with them. Not only did they serve a delicious corn chowder, but they had chicken salad, tuna salad, rolls, lettuce, vine ripened tomatoes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies. I commented that we would not have such ripe tomatoes to eat in Maryland until July.
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