Key West Florida - We live here!

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

My greatest vacation growing up was the Keys. What a place to live !!!

[@Loki-rascal]

Key West is great! On super rare occasions you even run into nice people that are sober.

[@jadeheart911]

Love the Green Parrot !

[@masterful9954]

The legends return! Thanks😊

[@ColleenAndGary]

More to come!

[@WesMalone-yp3vf]

Key CWest was great until the early 90's. I miss the Key West I grew up in. I can't imagine what my great grandparent swould think. My family goes back to the early 1800's there

[@ColleenAndGary]

Wow. Does your family have a Bahama's connection? We have a friend with the last name Malone. She lived here but her family is from the Bahamas.

[@msquints1]

Wonderful! Will be there us December!

[@ColleenAndGary]

Excellent! Have a great trip.....Key West is a lot of fun.

[@PaulCousins-ko3jd]

🇬🇧Lovely stuff Colleen and Gary, have only visited once, K West and other Keys are beautiful,amazing scenery and wildlife 👏🏾🥰

[@ColleenAndGary]

Hi! Thank you for watching our video. Hopefully someday you can return to KW. Yes, it is a beautiful place....we are very lucky to live here.

[@dickyboy1102]

Thanks for showing us. It brings back the memories of when you married me and my wife at smathers beach back in 2011,

[@ColleenAndGary]

Thank you for watching! We hope you both are doing well.

[@bennymbrown7765]

Grew up there in the 90 s and loved it, it’s definitely not the same but still very nice

[@ColleenAndGary]

We have lived here over 30 years. Yes, it has definitely changed but we still like it (72 degrees in December).

[@cuba1234100]

hey that was fun

[@ColleenAndGary]

Thanks for watching!

[@Terry-HandPanHowe]

Great video and beaches tour. Please take us to your favorite bars next! ❤

[@ColleenAndGary]

That might take a while.....we have a lot of favorite bars! We will get to work immediately!!!

[@Terry-HandPanHowe]

@@ColleenAndGary Can’t wait! Cheers from up A1A in Lighthouse Point. We dream to be in Key West one day!

[@ColleenAndGary]

@@Terry-HandPanHowe Cheers!

[@KeyWester1]

Love everything about this video: the hosts, the scenery, the music! It's as if you'd made a souvenir video just for me. If Key West weren't already my favorite place to be, I'd be on my way now! You left out the lower Duval nightlife craziness, for which I'm glad. Your vid is totally G-rated, though parts of Key West generally are not. Though for completeness' sake, you might consider a nightlife video with the same "just a glimpse" touch - about all I could stand! And what I personally would like better, a "Key West Tidbits" video with snippets of memories - either yours, or those of people you've met, or meet. fwiw. Thanks!

[@ColleenAndGary]

Thank you so much for your comments and suggestions. We will definitely do a nightlife video....if we can stay up that late! And yes, we certainly have some interesting stories to tell after more than 30 years in this quirky town. I guess we better get to work!

[@danielmonfort3235]

I will actually be working down in Key West in the military. I should be next month or so. Looks beautiful, especially the beach. Thanks for the video.

[@ColleenAndGary]

Hi! Yes, the beaches are small but beautiful....especially when the water is clear and calm. Enjoy your time in Key West and thanks for watching.

[@Robdistasi]

Key West!...Beats the hell outta Newark!

[@ColleenAndGary]

Unless you're looking for dirty water hot dogs!

[@Traveling_For_Events]

Nicely done

[@ColleenAndGary]

Thank you!

[@jtelvis3]

I really enjoyed your video! Very well done! Gave me a lot of good ideas on places to go when I come down in the Fall. I definitely want to look into buying a used bike instead of renting one since I'll be there for over 3 weeks. I've found a couple of bike shops that say they occasionally have used bikes for sale. Any that y'all could recommend?

[@ColleenAndGary]

Have you tried Bike Man bike rental? I've heard they sell used bikes. We usually rent from Island Bicycle, but only for short periods....and it's convenient for us. I would make some calls and ask for long term rates. Have fun in Key West!

[@jtelvis3]

@ColleenAndGary I hadn't heard of Bike Man but will look them up! Thanks for the recommendation. Looking forward to the adventure!

[@Matt_from_Florida]

We lived at MM15.5 from 1989-2007. Smather's was "made" by importing Bahamian sand in 1961. Prior to that S. Roosevelt simply had a seawall for the length of it just like you still see when leaving KW via S Roosevelt. Higgs Beach was also "created," but in 1955.

[@ColleenAndGary]

Hi Matt. I also arrived here in 1989! Yes, Smathers is man made and they replenish it with a million dollars of sand every once in a while. Thanks for watching.

[@Cynthiape2uc]

Enjoyed the video. Thank you so much. We will be in Key West next February and just happens to be the weekend of the Super Bowl. Can you give us any idea what the island is like for Super Bowl Sunday?

[@ColleenAndGary]

February is a busy month here, but the Super Bowl won't make it any busier. Everybody's here for the weather! But, it's fun to hit the bars and watch the big game. Last year the Schooner Wharf Bar had a big super bowl party......very funky classic KW kind of place on the harbor. Same goes for the Green Parrot (but not on the water). For a more sports bar experience try Jack Flats. And Shots & Giggles or Pickles Pub are good too. What's great about KW is you can easily walk to all these bars in less than 10 minutes, beverage in hand.

[@Cynthiape2uc]

@@ColleenAndGary great insights. Thanks!

[@ColleenAndGary]

@@Cynthiape2uc You're welcome. Thanks for watching and have a great trip!

[@Cynthiape2uc]

@@ColleenAndGary

[@normamachala1231]

What time of the year were these beaches videoed? You mentioned May, I thought it would be plenty warm to swim then? We are going early April, will it be warm enough to swim then?

[@ColleenAndGary]

Hi! We videoed the beaches in April and early May. People swim year round here in Key West but we are water wimps and wait until the water temperature hits 80 degrees F. April water temps should be in the high 70s which most people find very pleasant. Have fun and thanks for watching.

[@RogerBrown-wr1gf]

How about a video on hotels and resorts at key west

[@ColleenAndGary]

Thanks, that's a good idea and easier on the liver than the "barhopping" video requested by other viewers. 😉

[@stevem-h5e]

Are the fish still spinning down there?

[@ColleenAndGary]

Thankfully that hasn't happened again!

[@Loki-rascal]

No, but the people are definitely spinning down there! Only rarely will you run into a person that is sober.

[@JJ-sk1vy]

Where would you recommend a family of 4 to stay. Kids are older teens.

[@ColleenAndGary]

Definitely stay in the historic district, close to Duval Street. Then it's possible to walk to all the fun. Check out the Southernmost Beach Resort. Or, the Truman Annex neighborhood has lots of vacation rentals. And, its only 2 blocks from Duval Street. Let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks for watching!

[@hello_its_me.]

Wonder how much of a nest egg you had to afford real estate in KW? Cheers!

[@cuba1234100]

now you have to do a bar hopping vid......

[@ColleenAndGary]

That’s a great idea! And we are just the people for the job!!

[@cuba1234100]

@@ColleenAndGary hahaha yes you are...Take me with you......

[@ColleenAndGary]

@@cuba1234100 Onward!!!

[@bmcbg]

Love to go there for a couple days but not live there. Not only that's it's outrageously expensive but there are not any good beaches there and too many tourists all of the time .

[@RexPonder-y6b]

We just moved there after 12years in Mexico and it's so much better and less expensive and much safer. Get out of Mexico this is by fare much better.

[@betodeleon6570]

These two are NERDS. Hahaha hahaha