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Beautiful Curry Hammock is sponsoring it’s 13th annual Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival this weekend.  This Saturday,  9/24/11 will feature FREE park admission and FREE lunch (hot dogs, chips & drink). You can walk the 1200 ft sandy beach, swim in the Atlantic, have a picnic, hike, canoe, kayak or snorkel till your hearts […]

What Makes The Island Of Key Colony Beach So Special?  Why Vacation Here?  The Facts Say It All…  We are the absolute gem of the Florida Keys!  All inclusive, tranquil, quaint and nestled in a remote setting.  We are surrounded by beautiful foliage, turkoise waters, salty air, breathtaking and picturesque.  The sky and the sea all become one.    It […]

Well, it’s official: the City of Marathon in the Florida Keys now has the lowest millage rate in the entire state of Florida. In last night’s City Council meeting the millage rate was unanimously voted through at 1.9999 mills after several budget meetings for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.  While other municipalities through out the Florida […]

Have you ever been to Marathon in the Florida Keys? I have lived in the “Heart of the Keys” since 1975 moving south from Detroit MI.  Nestled in the “Middle” of the Florida Keys, we’re close to Miami, but not too close, and Key West, but not too close!  The Marathon Chamber of Commerce calls […]

Have you ever been to Crane Point Hammock in Marathon, Florida Keys? The directors of the hammock are working on obtaining federal funding in the amount of $750K  to build an Eco Canopy Tour, or zip line expected to cost upward of $1.1M. Wow, will that be cool or what? Riders will enjoy an aerial […]

The rest of this adage is quite interesting so lets start from the beginning.  “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” In these challenging times we all  must learn to be much more flexible.  It seems like everybody is angry at the bankers. Just the […]