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Below: Miniature deer roam around the neighborhoods on Big Pine Key which is 100-miles south of Miami and 30-miles north of Key West on Highway US-1. The National Key Deer Refuge was established in 1957 to protect and preserve Key deer and other wildlife resources in the Florida Keys.
(The deer photos were taken by Karen Duquette in 1999.)
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Below: In July 1999, Karen Duquette and her friend Mary Alice went to the No Name Pub on Big Pine Key. |
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Below: April 29, 2014 - The two RV Gypsies drove from Deerfield Beach, Florida to Cudjoe Key, Florida to meet friends, Sandy and George Brew, who were renting a mobile home at Venture Out.
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George Brew, Sandy Collins, and Karen Duquette
at Venture Out in Cudjoe Key |
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Time to cool off in the salt-water pool. It was 98 degrees outside. Lee Duquette did his Physical Therapy exercises in the pool. |
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The photo below was taken while holding the camera halfway above the water and halfway below the water with a funny distorted and amazing result. |
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More half and half photos. |
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coconut palm trees
- a sign of the Keys tropical climate |
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The Seven Mile Bridge is a famous bridge in the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida. It connects Knight's Key in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. At the time of its completion in 1982, it was the longest continuous concrete segmental bridge in the world, and is currently one of the longest bridges in America. Seven Mile Bridge actually consist of two bridges in the same location. The older bridge, originally known as the Knights Key-Pigeon Key-Moser Channel-Pacet Channel Bridge, was constructed from 1909-1912 as part of the Overseas Railroad. After the railroad sustained considerable damage during the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, the bridge was refurbished for automobile use only. Dismantled tracks were recycled, painted white, and used as guardrails. It had a swing span that opened to allow passage of boat traffic, near where the bridge crosses Pigeon Key - a small island that once served as the work camp for the Florida East Coast Railway. When Hurricane Donna in 1960 inflicted further damage, decision to construct a new bridge was made.
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