Friday June 16 – Fort Zachary Taylor and Beach Cookout at Key West

The bus for Key West left the Brinton Center at about 10:00AM and would return from Key West at about 9:00PM.

Our bus tour took us through Key West and delivered us to Fort Zachary Taylor and a State Park Beach. Zach gave us a guided tour of the Civil War era fort. The gun emplacements, ammo magazine and moat were interesting sights. Zach told us the walls around the ammo magazine were five feet thick. The display of types of cannons used to protect the fort was also interesting. We also visited the latrine section of the fort and were glad for the advancements in plumbing! An interesting fact was that Fort Zachary Taylor never fired its guns in anger during the entire length of time the Fort was in service.



A lunch cookout on the beach followed that was fun for everyone. After lunch, it was back on the bus for a short ride back into Key West.

Zach gave the crew an overview and quick street tour of the Key West attractions he thought the crew would enjoy most. Before excusing himself to let the crew explore Key West on their own, he took us to Peppers of Key West