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Dry Tortugas labeled arial view. Credit to Baseketslife.files.wordpress.com |
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Brick seawall border on Ft. Jefferson moat, Dry Tortugas. |
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Fort Jefferson entrance, Dry Tortugas |
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Non operational lighthouse. A taller, also currently non-operational lighthouse is on Dry Tortugas Loggerhead Key. |
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Atop Ft. Jefferson's wall overlooking the sea. |
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Garden Key beach view from Ft. Jefferson. |
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The quality of light and interplay of color at Ft Jefferson is stunning. |
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Sprawling Ft. Jefferson at one point housed 1500 workers. |
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Stalagmite on the ceiling shows clear evidence of Ft. Jeffersons's decay. |
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Thirty three Cubans risked their lives on this boat seeking asylum at the Dry Tortugas. Guess where our next stop was? |
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January 20, 2015. Retrospective of December 27-28 2014, USA, Dry Tortugas, Florida’s Southernmost point (N24.37.556 W82.57.668). Dry Tortugas was our last stop in the United States on our way to Panama. We sailed there, though there's a fast ferry from Key West that goes to the Dry Tortugas as well as sea float planes. We are currently in Altamira Panama (N09.17.265 W82.23.146) getting our mast pulled and repaired before our trip through the Panama canal, gateway to our South Pacific sailing adventure.
I got goose bumps!!! Yea.. PANAMA !!!!!! enjoy explore experience - Bertie
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bertie! Hopefully tomorrow and nearly positive San Blas in a few days We've been way too busy doing boat stuff, customs, getting mobile phone and wifi stuff set up etc. Heard JAX got some fantastic January weather - mid 70s. Awesome!
DeleteHey, I always found it interesting that the fort was a colossal failure when it came to how the US Army Corp of Engineers (yea, those guys messed up stuff way back when, too) built cisterns to collect rain water, but built them below sea level and eventually, yep, you guessed it, the salt water invaded and turned fresh water salty, and that pretty much closed the post as a usable place.
ReplyDeleteLooks like your entries are out of order, but it's great to see you guys got down there, I hope you had a great trip, so far...
Yes, Keith, Fort Jefferson is indeed a mess. True, I often make posts out of order, especially when I go a few weeks without internet. I hadn't had truly decent internet since about mid-December. We've covered a lot of ground since then and getting set up in Panama. In the location section of the blog posts I give a better idea of where we are when the post will be viewed. We are looking forward to more fun time soon. It's been a lot of prep work for the canal and beyond....
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