A Trip to the Florida Keys and Key West (Travelogue Special Edition)

Welcome to our first ever Travelogue edition of our podcast.  We recently headed off to the Florida Keys for a much needed vacation. I have friends, Jennifer and Jimmy Hornsby, who live in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, and I stayed with them on the first day and the final day of my trip and it was they who suggested that the videos from the trip would make a good podcast. I thought that was a great idea and WALLA!! A new feature for our show was born!! 

In this episode we chronicle some of the amazing history of the Florida Keys from Henry Flagler's building of the Overseas Railroad that has now become the Overseas Highway A1A, to the boat of and house of Ernest Hemingway and his influence throughout the Florida Keys.  a spotlight on two of the historic watering holes of Key West in Sloppy Joes and Captain Tony's Saloon where Hemingway once drank and Jimmy Buffett got his start. 

We will also introduce you to the Sea Turtle Hospital where saving this endangered species goes to an entirely new level, learn about the History of Diving at a museum in Islamorada, feed some Tarpons at Robbie's, and climb all over Fort Jefferson at the Dry Tortugas National Park. 

But no trip to the Florida Keys and Key West would be complete without a visit to Mallory Square overlooking the water at Sunset. Mallory Square is home to the Shipwreck Museum, Mason De Pepe for Cuban delicacies, countless shops, and the Sunset Celebration that features some of the most eclectic group of entertainers anywhere in America and in this episode we will introduce you to the most famous of all the buskers there, Dominique and his Flying House Cats! The Best Cat Show on Earth! 

It is all here in a road trip across the Florida Keys that everyone should get the chance to take at least once in a lifetime!!

A Link to photographs and videos from the Florida Keys vacation that were used in this podcast:
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Chapters

• 0:00 History in a nutshell : Henry Flagler - Charlotte County Public Library
• 2:47 Cameo by Dominique the Catman of Key West
• 2:57 Welcome by Host Randal Wallace
• 3:21 A Century in the Sun : Henry Flagler and the making of Modern Florida - PBS Segment
• 5:36 Host Randal Wallace starts our show off by introducing the Florida Keys Welcome Center
• 6:26 Spotlight on Islamorada Beer Company - Janet Leigh
• 8:24 Host Randal Wallace feeds the Tarpons at Robbie's Marina
• 10:23 Histroy runs deep at the history of Diving Museum in Islamorada
• 12:14 Ernest Hemingway fishing Boat "The Pillar" - PBS segment
• 15:41 Host Randal Wallace talks about Ernest Hemingway and his impact on the Florida Keys, and introduces the sister ship of the Pillar at the Worldwide Sportsman Store in Islamorada,
• 16:16 Host Randal Wallace reads from the fact sheet provided at the sister Pillar ship at the Worldwide Sportsman Store
• 18:39 Host Randal Wallace moves us to the town of Marathon, florida and discusses places to visit, Rusty;s Bar, Last Days, and Key's Fisheries home of the Lobster Rueben
• 19:52 Host Randal Wallace talks about the visit to the Turtle Hospital and adopting his Turtle "Montel"
• 21:47 The Atlantic Profile of the Turtle Hospital
• 27:04 Host Randal Wallace talks about how to adopt a Sea Turtle and help them take care of these precious creatures.
• 28:04 The Breathtaking road from Miami to Key West - FOX Nation
• 29:49 Host Randal Wallace talks about the building of the Ocean Highway and the ostacles faced and Mr. Flagler's response " Proceed to Key West"
• 30:29 Florida Parks: Explore Dry Tortugas National Park
• 33:47 Host Randal Wallace introduces clips from the tour of Fort Jefferson put on by the Yankee Freedom Boat officer
• 34:30 Tour of Fort Jefferson segment one on the cannonballs and size of the walls
• 35:57 Tour of Fort Jefferson segment two on the water supply issues
• 37:20 Tour of Fort Jefferson Segment three - Its only actual battle, kind of
• 39:39 Host Randal Wallace introduces the final segment on Dr. Samuel Mudd, the Lincoln Assassination conspirator.
• 40:39 Tour of Fort Jefferson segment Four on Dr Samuel Mudd and the Yellow Fever epidemic
• 45:18 The Hemingway House - South Florida - PBS segment
• 50:28 Interview with Actress Ingrid Bergman
• 52:47 Interview with Journalist Stanley Karnow
• 55:03 CBS Sunday Morning - "Remembering Hemingway"
• 1:00:21 Sloppy Joes
• 1:02:53 Captain Tony's Saloon
• 1:03:05 clip of "The Last Mango in Paris" by Jimmy Buffett
• 1:03:38 Host Randal Wallace talks about Captain Tony, reccomends the book on Captain Tony, and intros a Jimmy Buffett story
• 1:05:27 Captain Tony spins a tail about Jimmy Buffett unknown source on a Youtube video
• 1:08:49 Jimmy Buffett tells the story of writing the song Margaritaville, on the Bobby Jones Show
• 1:10:34 Captain Tony spins a tail about Jimmy Buffett unknown source on a Youtube video
• 1:12:59 Host Randal Wallace introduces Mallory Square
• 1:13:31 Welcome to Mallory Square official video
• 1:16:17 Host Randal Wallace introduces the Catman of Key West Dominque Laforte
• 1:16:54 Cameo by Dominique the Catman of Key West
• 1:17:02 Host Randal Wallace introduces the interview with the Catman of Key West Dominique
• 1:17:15 Catman of Key West - Pet Style Interview
• 1:22:25 Host Randal Wallace gives information on how to get Catman souvenirs and then closes out our travelogue episode.
• 1:24:33 One of the Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square Entertainers performs as the sun sinks at sunset in Key West Florida - closing music