Florida's Beautiful Keys
Florida's Beautiful Keys By Kathy Manney There is a mystique about America's southern most playground, the Florida Keys. And you better prepare to have a tropical drink handy and sample Key Lime treats while you are here. Sometimes known as the Conch Republic*, the Florida Keys are a chain-like cluster of more than a thousand low-lying islands that stretch across azure waters. Scarcely a foot above sea level in some places, the Keys dip approximately 220-miles, curving south and west of mainland Florida. Key Largo is the world's diving capitol and where fresh water from the Everglades converges with the salt water of Florida Bay. Stretching beside the Keys, about six miles seaward is a barrier reef and off Key West lays the only coral reef left in the continental United States. Key West, just 90-miles from Cuba, is indeed the southern most point of the United States and a picturesque slice of paradise. At the edge of the deep turquoise water are small boats alongside yacht...