Settling in for stone crab chowder and grilled sesame tuna at Chiki Tiki in Marathon, Florida. Loving the middle Keys.

Tables sported large mousetraps painted with pigeons, which were nearby but not annoying. Watched pelicans diving throughout lunch. Music included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

Key West’s Blue Heaven, officially my favorite bar in the world.

One of the patients at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida.

Hemingway’s Pass in the Everglades mangrove forest, late afternoon. We used Capt. Sterling’s Everglades Eco-Tours out of Key Largo and highly recommend Captain Dave.