FIRST TIME SNORKELING! | Key West, Florida 2019 Vlog Part 1
Thanks for watching and Supporting our channel! This is our Road trip from South Beach Miami to Key West, Florida! Come along with us as we jet ski in south beach, Miami and head to Key west and even go snorkeling in The Florida Coral Reef! This Coral reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the Continental United States, which is the third largest coral barrier reef system in the world! We went snorkeling through Fury Adventures Key west! They were absolutely great, and we also had margaritas on the way back to the island after snorkeling! it was a total of a 3 hour cruise from the island to the coral reef! Will definitely go again! If you want to go snorkeling in key west I would definitely suggest going through Fury Adventures!
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The Redbury South beach is 414$ USD per night and it has a 100$ USD deposit per night! This is the pricing for the Corner Suite that we stayed in! This suite comes with a king size bed, a separate living area, a mini bar, coffee station, and a luxury bathroom! The bathroom is equipped with a faux marble covered shower with a rain fall spout and a standing oval tube perfect for 2 people! I hope you enjoy this tour as much as we enjoyed this room!
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Booking a deep sea fishing adventure in the Florida Keys can often catch you several fish on your bucket list! Many charter fishing boats and guides throughout the Keys are Captained by some of Florida's very best fishermen. With the warmest weather in the United States, these pro fishermen spend the most time out on the water catching fish. They know the fishes habitats, breeding and feeding patterns, as well as where to fish and when they are biting the best.
If planning the perfect fishing vacation in the Florida Keys, you could actually fish from Key Largo to Key West in a few short days. With Islamorada being known as The Fishing Capitol of The World and Marathon Florida's many coral reef heads and ships wrecks, your Dream Fishing Trip awaits!
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January 9, 1827 - Construction Starts on the First Sand Key Lighthouse
Sand key is situated next to a channel that leads to Key West. It's located roughly eight miles to the north west of Key West. In normal conditions, a significant amount of sand accumulates on the submerged reefs at Sand Key and it actually creates a small island.
Soon after the United States took possession of Florida in 1821, a wooden daymark was placed on the island to warn mariners of this navigational hazard. Lighthouses to mark Florida's reef had just recently been completed at Cape Florida, Key West and the Dry Tortugas, when Congress allocated $16,000 on May 18, 1826 for a lighthouse on Sand Key. The plans for this tower were similar to those us for the other three calling for a 70 foot conical brick tower, exhibiting a light from 11 lamps set in 14 inch reflectors.
Sand Keys light revolved, producing a flashing signature that differentiated it from the nearby fixed light at Key West. The first keeper of Sand Key Lighthouse was slated to be Joseph Ximenez. However, keeper John Flaherty and his wife Rebecca were having a terrible time adjusting to their isolated lives on the Dry Tortugas. So the collector of customs at Key West, William Pinckney arranged for the two keepers to trade assignments. Shortly after the Flaherty's arrived on the island, Sand Key Light was exhibited for the first time on April 15, 1827.
With fisherman, wreckers and picnickers from Key West frequenting the island, the Flaherty's thoroughly enjoyed their new social life. Their joy however, was short lived as John became very sick in May of 1828, and then passed away in 1830. Rebecca remained on the island and was appointed keeper after her husband's death.
In June of 1831, William Randolph Hackley, and attorney in Key West, recorded the following account of a visit he made at Sand Key Lighthouse. The wind was so light that we did not get to the Key until noon. I went up to the lighthouse. The light is revolving and it's one of the best in the United States. It's kept by Mrs. Flaherty. She with her sister and a hired man are the only inhabitants of the Key and sometimes there are none but the two females. The length of the key is from 150 to 200 yards, and the average breath 50 yards. We remain till evening and having spent a pleasant day, returned to town around 8pm.
The November 23, 1834 edition of the Florida Herald reported a wedding on Sand Key Lighthouse. Rebecca Flaherty had married Captain Frederick Neill. The newlyweds took a lengthy trip the next year to visit family while, a temporary keeper watched the light. Upon their return, Captain Neil was appointed the keeper and served in this role until he resigned in February 10 of 1836.
Captain Francis Wallington was the next keeper maintaining the light until July 27, 1837, when the colorful Captain Joshua Appleby succeeded him. Born in Rhode Island in 1773, Appleby became a widower at a young age when his first wife, Sarah Vaille died at 23. Leaving him alone to care for their one year old daughter, Eliza. In 1820, Appleby sailed for the Florida Keys, where he co founded a settlement on Vaca Key and made a living from the sea through fishing, turtling and salvaging shipwrecks. Appleby's salvaging practices were soon called into question as he was accused of conspiring with a privateer, Charles Hoffner, to intentionally run aground vessels captured by Hoffner so the cargo could be salvaged and sold.
Commander David Porter, head of the naval Squadron a key was responsible for eradicating piracy had Apple be arrested in 1823, and takeen to the irons in Charleston, South Carolina.
Appleby must have been innocent or had friends in high places as he was released after Smith Thompson, the Secretary of the Navy and President James Monroe reviewed the case. Upon securing his freedom, Appleby returned to Rhode Island for a time and then he relocated to Key West. In 1830, the government granted Appleby a license as a wrecker, a trade he practiced for several years. Then on July 27, 1837, he accepted an appointment as the head keeper of Sand Key Lighthouse. While Applebee's livelihood had previously depended on ships misfortunes, it was now his duty to keep these ships safely away from the reef.
During Applebee's tenure at the lighthouse, hurricanes struck Sand Key in 1841 and 1842. With the 1842 hurricane destroying the keepers dwelling and seriously damaging the land. In 1843, a seawall was built around the lighthouse to properly provide protection from the storm surge that accompanied the hurricanes. The following year, that wall was put to the test and it failed. The new keepers dwelling was swept away along with a good portion of the island.
Applebee's daughter, Eliza, have visited the lighthouse on October 1846, along with her husband and their three year old son, and Mary's adopted daughter. On October 11th, a hurricane described as the most destructive have any that has ever visited these latitudes and the memory of man hit Sand...
Best And Worst Of Key West, Florida - A Review
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The Best of Key West
If the island of Key West was a bar, it would be called the “Ends of the Earth” bar and rightly so. There is only one road leading into Key West and it is 113 miles from the mainland of Florida to the city limits.
It’s a 4 hour drive from Miami, 3.5 hours by ferry from Ft Myers and just 50 minutes to fly from Miami. But no matter how you get here, you will soon see it is unlike any place else within the continental USA.
It never freezes here nor does it really ever get cold here. Even in January, the average temperature is 69 degrees and usually in the mid 70s. That makes this a year around destination however the summer is the most active time period with lots to do. We will show you some the most popular activities available to visitors.
The most popular things to do all revolve around water. For divers, the Great Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States. It extends up to 4 miles out from the shore and extends from Key Largo to the Dry Tortugas, a length of 170 miles. There are several sunken ships to dive on as well.
Fishing is a huge draw to Key West. You can charter a boat to take you where the fish are plentiful. You can stay within short distance of the island or you can head for the deep waters where the big fish live.
Playing IN the water is available for all ages. There are both private and public beaches scattered around the island. The largest beach open to the public is Smathers Beach. It is over half a mile in length and is on the south side of the island right next to Roosevelt Blvd, the perimeter road around the island.
Higgs Beach is a little further down the road, (Roosevelt turns into Atlantic Blvd). The beach surrounds the Key West Garden Club, one of the island's last remaining free tourist attractions
If you would rather see the water from above, parasailing is the way to do it. Key West looks different when you are floating 300 feet in the air. It is pretty quiet up there too. There are several providers to choose from.
For those who prefer who wish to stay land based, there is still plenty to do. While there are plenty of places to stay on the island, you are required to visit Duval street, the narrow mile long main drag. The famous as well as those of us not so famous have walked this street and spent time in the bars and eateries that line the street. Start at the south end where you can dip a toe into the Straits of Florida (part of the Atlantic Ocean). Walk a little over a mile north and you can dip a toe in the Gulf of Mexico. Arrive at the Gulf side near dusk and you can wander over to Mallory Square where watching the sunset has become a nightly ritual. More on Mallory Square later.
While you are in this part of town, catch a ride on the conch train. They will show you all kinds of interesting locations on the island including Hemingway’s house, Audubon House and Gardens, Key West Lighthouse Museum, Harry S. Truman Little White House, Key West Aquarium, and the Key West Shipwreck Treasure Museum. You can always come back to these places on your own at a later time now that you know where they are located.
Key West is a great destination to visit and truly has something for everyone. The locals are friendly and laid back. Visiting here is almost like visiting another country but you are still on U S soil. It will take several days to do everything but no matter what you do and where you go, the evenings belong to Mallory Square.
While the sun setting into the ocean is a draw all of its own, the spectacle of the square stands alone in its uniqueness. The crowd is festive and there are multiple performers scattered around the square. Whether it is balloon art, juggling acts, music or sword swallowing, you can find this and much more here at Mallory Square.
The Worst of Key West
While our little Key at the end of a 100 mile strip of keys is a wonderful place to visit, there are some things that blur the picture of the perfect getaway.
Just getting here can be more of a challenge than desired. There is only one way in (and out) by car and that is along the 113 mile highway between the mainland and Key West. The current 4 lane road is a big improvement over the 2 lane road that served the Keys up through the first part of the 70’s but it still takes 4 hours to get here from the mainland. There is a ferry from the Ft Myers area that also takes nearly 4 hours. Or you can fly in - 50 minutes from Miami. Try to enjoy the journey.
The weather can be a deciding factor on time of year you want to visit. Hurricane season can have its challenges. The season officially runs from June 1 to the end of November but the peak time for storms generally occur in September.
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No Fish Left Uncounted - Full Episode
How do you count two fish, three fish or even a school of fish? In Dry Tortugas National Park, located 70 miles from Key West, Florida, a group of scientists have joined forces to conduct a massive fish census. In this unprecedented collaboration, experts from four different agencies unite to count and analyze fish data from select sites. Changing Seas follows highly-skilled science divers as they determine the size of fish populations in hopes of better understanding how fishing pressures and environmental changes affect populations of marine resources within the park.
Home to the world’s third largest barrier reef, Florida’s vast coral tract plays a significant role in the development and protection of many marine organisms. These delicate stony structures help support commercially-viable species that form the foundation of the state’s large fishing industry. For one to two weeks, scientists at sea maintain a rigorous diving schedule as they count and record everything from Staghorn coral to Red Groupers. What will the divers find? Are fish populations recovering in South Florida?
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Sinking the Vandenberg - Full Episode
In the turquoise blue waters of the Florida Keys, a new attraction is drawing scuba divers from around the world: The USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. The Vandenberg is the world’s second largest intentionally sunk shipwreck.
Prior to being sunk, this mighty ship transported troops to the battlefields of World War II, carried European refugees to distant shores, and later helped win the Cold War. Left abandoned for years as part of a ghost fleet, the Vandenberg has at last found her final resting place – seven miles off Key West, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
In her last mission as an artificial reef, this massive ship is already attracting a variety of fish and other marine life. Now, natural resources managers are trying to determine what impact this artificial reef has on fish populations and the health of the surrounding natural reefs.
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Royal Wedding-Themed Entry Featured in Key West Bed Race
The weekend after the royal wedding, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, ruled on Key West's famed Duval Street — while riding on a decorated bed on wheels during the madcap Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race.
Actually Kate was Lucas Czajkowski (pronounced Cha-cow-ski), who impersonated the duchess by wearing a replica of the royal bride's blue engagement dress and waving regally to crowds as a quartet of brawny men with British flags painted on their bare chests and backs propelled the bed up the street.
Prince William, however, was nowhere to be found.
Billed as the most fun you can have in bed with your clothes on, the Saturday afternoon race featured 15 decorated beds, each piloted up Duval by four runners while a fifth person rode on the bed.
In addition to the royal ensemble, standout entries included beds decorated to resemble a giant chile pepper, a bull, a Super Mario castle and a super-sized cheeseburger.
The bed race was a highlight of the annual Conch Republic Independence Celebration. The 10-day festival, that ends Sunday, commemorates the 1982 day when the Florida Keys staged a secession from the United States following the installation of a U.S. Border Patrol blockade at the head of the island chain.
The Mystery of the Marquesas Keys
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9ft Bull Shark Spotted In Florida 'Backyard'
9ft Bull Shark Spotted In Florida 'Backyard'
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Bahia Honda State Park (Calusa beach and Bahia Honda Rail Bridge), Big Pine Key, Florida (USA)
Bahia Honda is one of the many islands of the Florida Keys archipelago, a chain of coral islands and reefs in the southeastern United States.
U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 36-38.5, between Ohio Key and Spanish Harbor Key 12 miles (19 km) west of Marathon, close to the west end of the Seven Mile Bridge.
The island is virtually uninhabited, being home to the 524-acre (2.12 km2) Bahia Honda State Park. Founded in 1961, the park occupies most of the island. The channel at the island's west end is one of the deepest natural channels in the Florida Keys.
The park is 212 hectares and offers 4 km of beautiful sandy beaches, including Calusa Beach on the Gulf of Mexico and Sandspur Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. With these two beaches, Bahia Honda State Park offers the most beautiful beaches in the entire Florida Keys.
The beach or rather the view here is actually the highlight of the Bahia Honda State Park. In the shade of the large palm trees you enjoy the view of the beautiful white sand beach, the old railway bridge of the Flagler Oversea Railroad, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bahia Honda Bridge of the Oversea Highway.
The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (204.8 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula. Work on the line started in 1905 and it operated from 1912 to 1935, when it was partially destroyed by the Labor Day Hurricane.
In Bahia Honda State Park there are also changing facilities and sanitary facilities at Calusa Beach. The usual barbecue facilities for the USA are available as well.
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CapasGroup Realty Advisors, in collaboration with Cushman and Wakefield, is pleased to present 303 Banyan, an exciting office and urban land development opportunity in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. 303 Banyan consists of a superior quality, 41,152+ square foot office building with a 1.04-acre surface parking lot. The parking lot offers extraordinary development potential, ideally suited for high-rise offices, residences or mixed-use.
INVESTMENT DRIVERS
Unmatched, Central Location: Highly convenient location at the epicenter of activity and commerce in downtown West Palm Beach.
The property has a Walk Score of 100 representing the highest possible walkability ranking.
Across the street from City Hall, the Palm Beach County Courthouse and Palm Beach County government center.
One block from the famed Clematis Street entertainment and shopping district.
Two blocks from the waterfront.
Renovated Office Building in Excellent Condition: Having had the benefit of $2.5 million in capital improvements in 2008 and meticulous ongoing maintenance, the physical condition of the property is excellent.
Strong Operating Performance: 95% leased at or above market rent. All leases reflect a net structure with a full pass through of all operating expenses.
Excellent Tenant Mix: The building is leased to a combination of national credit (45%) and high-caliber professional tenants.
Outstanding Urban Development Opportunity: Highly flexible zoning permits intense high-rise, mixed-use development with density bonus capability through the acquisition of transferrable development rights (TDR’s).
MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
Downtown West Palm Beach is a desirable live-work-play environment that is gaining momentum as one of South Florida’s premier investment and development markets. Key market drivers include:
Accessibility: Immediate accessibility to Interstate 95 and Palm Beach County International Airport with a new high-speed commuter rail station proposed.
Waterfront Urban Market: Proximity to the Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic Ocean – many downtown properties, including 303 Banyan, have dramatic water views.
Strong Office Market: The West Palm Beach true Class A office market is 95% occupied driving rent growth for high quality office properties such as 303 Banyan.
Proximity to Palm Beach Wealth: The Town of Palm Beach, just one-half mile away, is among the wealthiest communities in the United States. Proximity to Palm Beach is a key business driver for the downtown market.
SUPERIOR QUALITY OFFICE INVESTMENT
Net Rentable Area 41,15 2
Asking Rent Per SF (Net) $20.00
Average Rent Per SF (Net) $20.61
2014 Operating Expense Budget ($/SF) $12.67
Average Full Service Rent Per SF $35.13
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The 303 Banyan building is nearly full leased with quality office tenants. The Wells Fargo Bank branch is reported to have the third highest deposit level among all of its branch facilities in the state of Florida. All leases are triple net with rent escalation provisions.
UNIQUE UPSIDE REVENUE POTENTIAL
Wells Fargo has expressed interest in consolidating into their existing ground floor space, giving the landlord the opportunity to re-lease the entire second floor, roughly 10,000 square feet, at market rent. Since Wells Fargo’s contract base rate is approximately $14 per square foot below current market rent, this scenario could increase potential gross rental income by $140,000 or more than 16%.
COMPELLING MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
The surface parking lot is ideally-suited for high-rise office, multi-family or mixed-use development. In addition to its desirable, infill location the property offers multiple development attributes:
- Extraordinary, pedestrian friendly location
- Dramatic view corridors (just two blocks to the Intracoastal Waterway)
- Flexible zoning permits a wide array of potential uses
- Zoned FAR of 2.75 can be increased to 3.75 using TDR’s
- Expedited entitlement/approval process
- Existing office buildings are full and aging with limited contiguous space. New, large office tenants have few existing alternatives in downtown West Palm Beach.
- Condo market prices are improving rapidly and true luxury condo alternatives are limited. Timing is ideal for development of true luxury condominiums.
- Supportive, developer-friendly political environment
- The site’s immediate proximity to City Hall, the Palm Beach County Courthouse and the County government center make it an ideal candidate for residential or office development.
Saving America's Great Barrier Reef
In the backyard of the city hosting #SuperbowlLIV, you’ll find the only near-shore #coralreef in the continental U.S. America’s Great Barrier Reef is so ecologically valuable that it has grown to play a major economic role in Florida's economy, (according to #NOAA: $8.5 billion) for fisheries, tourism, and storm protection, among much more. However since the '70s, the reef has declined by over 80 percent. Follow the team from @Scripps Oceanography, Mote Marine Lab, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as they survey 250 miles of the Florida reef tract over two weeks on a mission to save this #ecosystem. #oceanx
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Executive Producers: Mark Dalio, Jonathan Schienberg
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Florida Travel: Key Largo to Key West: Best of the Keys
Host Chad Crawford takes you from Key Largo thru Key West to show you the best of the Florida Keys — and why the Conch Republic has a rhythm all its own. See
marine life up close and personal at Captain Slate's Atlantis Dive Center in Key Largo, build your fly fishing skills, go lobstering and dive on a shipwreck — all within the span of a little over a hundred miles.
Strangest Things Around The World - Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
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We are at the Ripley’s Believe it or not museum in Key West, Florida. Let’s go inside and I’ll give you complete tour of everything in it. This is the skeleton of the Fiji Island Mermaid, you can see the body of a fish and the skull that looks humanoid. A man by the name of Barnum charged 25 cents per head to view this in 1842. Now, is it real? No, when he was about to die, Barnum revealed the secret; he had fused the skeletons of the upper half of a monkey with the lower half of a fish. This is world’s greatest hoax by the way.
This is a human Shrunken Torso: The Jivaro Indians of Ecuador were the only people on earth to have practiced the ancient craft of head shrinking. The heads of slain enemies were carefully preserved in a week long ritual and shrunken to a quarter of their normal size. This shrunken torso was originally purchased in Panama by author Ernest Hemingway.
Next is a Naga Mask, the Nagas are a reptilian race who lived underground and their sculptures are found in many Asian countries. This mask was used to help exorcise evil spirits from people who are believed to be possessed. Robert Ripley bought this mask from the island of Sri Lanka in 1936.
Here you can see a Native American ritual called Okipa practiced by a tribe called Mandan in North Dakota. There are three stages of self-mutilation in this ritual; warriors were first hung from rafters with ropes attached by pegs inserted under their flesh. Buffalo skulls would be skewered to their legs to weigh them down. Their flesh would tear after a few minutes and they would fall.
This is the West African Hate God used as a Voodoo doll to hex the enemies. The Kondes people of West Africa brought this culture into America in 1809 when they came in as black slaves. Nails would be inserted into the doll slowly; day by day which is supposed to inflict painful mental and physical suffering on the enemy who would be tortured by an invisible spirit.
Speaking of torture, the medieval Germans used a more direct technique to torture women who were unfaithful. This device called the Iron Maiden has 14 spikes that are aligned to pierce the eyes, the throat and the heart. The victims, who were put inside, were so mutilated by this device, that it was often set on a drawbridge over water. The mangled body could then be released into the water without having to be handled.
Here is a coffin with a bell attached to it and you can see it ringing. In the early 19th century, because of medical misdiagnosis, being buried alive by mistake occurred with alarming regularity. To prevent premature burials, coffins were designed with alarm bell attachments. If a “dead” body awoke within the coffin, the attached bell could be rung from inside the coffin to alert gravediggers or other passerby. This is where the phrase “saved by the bell” came from.
This is a model of a human unicorn who lived in Manchuria, China. His name was Wang and he had a 13 inch horn growing out the back of his head. He was a normal human being in all other aspects and was photographed by Robert Ripley in 1931.
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Plan Your Visit: Dry Tortugas National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park is a remote park about 70 miles west of Key West, Florida. It encompasses a cluster of seven islands including historic Fort Jefferson and surrounding coral reefs. This ten minute video introduces visitors to fundamental trip planning to get to and enjoy this amazing place.