We saw a good variety of wildlife at Dry Tortugas National Park, both above and below the water. My favorite was a resident Green Sea Turtle that has been hanging out inside the moat wall for the last couple months. We spent a good amount of time watching the turtle […]
Day 2 of Spring Break trip and it was off to Dry Tortugas National Park. As we were camping we had to be at the Yankee Freedom Ferry dock at 6:30 with all of our camping gear. It is primitive camping so you have to carry everything on and off […]
We have just returned from a Spring Break trip with the kids to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park. For those of you not familiar, we live in Tampa, so the trip started with a long drive, about 7 hours. Luckily we have a van with a tv […]
Dry Tortugas National Park is one of the best birding sites in Florida which is saying quite a lot. It is especially interesting to visit during the spring migration around March/April. This is because it is the only place for birds to stop to rest and get fresh water in […]
Dry Tortugas National Park is one of the more difficult parks to get to. It is an almost 70 mile boat ride or float plane ride from Key West, Florida. That is one of the reasons that I highly recommend staying a night or two on the island. After the […]
Since I have had a lot of interest in my last few photos from Dry Tortugas National Park, here are a couple more. There are not too many better places to relax than this hammock at Fort Jefferson. You can get a cool ocean breeze and have spectacular views of […]
On my trip to Dry Tortugas National Park I was able to photograph two different lighthouses. The first is the Fort Jefferson Light which is a small lighthouse, painted completely black, that sticks up from one corner of Fort Jefferson on Garden Key. The second lighthouse, Loggerhead Key Lighthouse, was […]
Dry Tortugas National Park off of Key West, Florida is one of the coolest places I have been. It is only accessible by boat or float plane. Fort Jefferson which is on Garden Key is a lot of fun to explore and has a lot of history to it. “The […]
Dry Tortugas National Park is about 70 miles west of Key West, Florida. It is only accessible by boat or float plane. I have traveled to it both ways in the same weekend. Flying into the fort from the air is spectacular with great views of the fort and the […]