A Little Piece of America

From: Southern Living | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Thomas, Les | Copyright information

Day-trip from Key West to the solitary beauty of Dry Tortugas National Park.

You might say that the Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson sit at the end of the road in the continental U.S. Except there isn't any road. That's why I'm standing on the tarmac at the Key West International Airport, waiting to catch a seaplane.

Even though two high-speed passenger ferries make daily crossings to Dry Tortugas National Park, I want to go by air. It sounds like a fun adventure.

At a sma...

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