Key West Vacation

Well, our plans changed. Not going to St. Thomas now, probably going to Key
West. Anyone know of a nice resort with its own beachfront?

Also, what about the diving there?

"Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, our plans changed. Not going to St. Thomas now, probably going to
> Key West. Anyone know of a nice resort with its own beachfront?
>
> Also, what about the diving there?
>
No beaches in the Keys worth mentioning. Diving in Fla sucks as do the
people. Stay at home or go to Haiti for the same experience and save your
hard earned money.

I am glad Don feels that way... Florida will be better off....

There are some small beachs in KW but they are not within walking
distance from the dive boats or the night time action. I prefer to be
within walking distance of Duval and Front street (Ground zero for
partying) and a short walk to mallory square for the craziest sunset
festival (occurs nightly)

Galleon Beach Resort and the Hyatt both have dive operations at the
hotel so you can walk out of your room to a dive boat AND they are both
less than a block from Duval/Front. BUT... don't let the "Beach
resort" title fool you... you probably have more sand in your kid's sand
box. the beach is tiny but the pool and patio areas are great.

If you want more of a real beach check out sheraton suites on A1A or any
of the hotels on the South side. You have to cross A1A but the beach
is much larger.

The diving in KW varies. The vis is not as consistant as KeyLargo due
to the close proximity of the shallow water on the backside. To me, the
KL area has the best diving in the Keys. They have 3 major wrecks and
many minor ones, the reefs are healthier and the vis is always better.

In LK, For a walk to the diveboat experience, the Marina Del Mar
OCEANSIDE, or the Holiday Inn MM 100 give you the best assortment of
dive boats (Sharkeys and Ocean divers share their dock along with some 6
packs as well) KL is a 2 hour drive from Miami or a 2.6 hour drive from
Fort Lauderdale (Southwest Airlines) Penecamp and the amazing Speigel
Grove are a short boat ride from there.









Don wrote:

> "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:_oN7g.8720$yU6.5663@trnddc05...
>
>>Well, our plans changed. Not going to St. Thomas now, probably going to
>>Key West. Anyone know of a nice resort with its own beachfront?
>>
>>Also, what about the diving there?
>>
>
> No beaches in the Keys worth mentioning. Diving in Fla sucks as do the
> people. Stay at home or go to Haiti for the same experience and save your
> hard earned money.
>
>

"Don" wrote

> Damn.........a racist and a homophobe.

Neither, actually. The fact that I'm not a homosexual does not make me a
homophobe.

> I'm right on the money on this one. The Keys are not known for
> beaches..........period.

Bahia Honda has a very nice natural beach. Key West has a nice beach as
well. I don't know if it's natural or not. There are quite a few small
beaches throughout the Keys, including some natural and some man made ones.
There are islands with very nice, very secluded beaches beaches all over the
place.

Your ignorance is profound.

Lee

"Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>> Your ignorance is profound.
>
> The single feature he continually exhibits.
>
>
Say somthing faggit?

Don wrote:
> "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:oeCdnSwOIqyNhvzZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@wavecable.co m...
>> "Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:uN68g.39572$MM6.5246@bignews3.bellsouth.net.. .
>>
>>> Your ignorance is profound.
>> The single feature he continually exhibits.
>>
>>
> Say somthing faggit?

here goes buttboy again...

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