| My husband and I felt the perfect way to | | | | facility for swimming, boating, kayaking, and |
| celebrate our anniversary was to get a bite to | | | | fishing. There is also a Sand & Sea Nature |
| eat and spend a day at the beach. | | | | Center there for visitors to learn about the |
| Therefore, we drove out of Key West on US | | | | surrounding Keys wildlife. |
| Highway 1 about 20 miles north to Mile Marker 25. | | | | After paying our nominal entrance fee at the |
| We heard positive reviews about the Key West | | | | park's gate, we parked our car near one of the |
| FishCutters restaurant in Summerland Key, and | | | | tourist beach areas. The ocean water was |
| were dying to try their Lobster sandwich. Having | | | | absolutely beautiful and crystal clear turquoise in |
| never been there before, we were pleasantly | | | | color. We felt like we were in heaven, just |
| impressed. The nautical-themed restaurant was | | | | relaxing and basking in the nice warm water, |
| clean and cheery. We each ordered the platter | | | | bouncing in the waves in our beach noodle chairs. |
| with the special BLT (Bacon, Lobster & | | | | The brown pelicans, seagulls and sandpipers that |
| Tomato Sandwich with fries). The food was | | | | surrounded us seemed to enjoy themselves too. |
| excellent, and needlesstosay, we felt like stuffed | | | | I highly recommend a day like this for anyone |
| whales when we got in our car and headed for | | | | who wants some nice R & R, or to have a |
| the beach 12 miles north near Big Pine Key. | | | | romantic day at the beach. Thumbs up to both |
| Bahia Honda State Park (Mile Marker 37) boasts | | | | Key West Fishcutters restaurant in Summerland |
| the nicest beach area in the Florida Keys. This | | | | Key, and Bahia Honda State Park, Big Pine Key, |
| 524-acre park has about 2 ½ miles of | | | | Florida! |
| sandy beaches. It has an impressive recreational | | | | |