In the morning, we checked out the hotel and headed to Highway US 1 to Hawk Cay Resort. Hawk Cay Resort is located in Marathon, FL. Hawk Cay Resort has dolphin feeding program at 11:30 am. We were there around 11:00 am. After waiting in the freezing cold weather around the feeding area for 40 minutes, the trainers finally came out. The trainers called the dolphins, trained the dolphins, and fed the dolphins. Everything finished in about 10 minutes. It was like watching the dolphin training in the Sea World.
After watched the dolphin feeding program, we headed toward No Name Key in Big Pine Key, FL.
No Name Key is a small island in the Florida Keys. This tiny island, but it is a popular spot to see the Key Deer.
There are only 43 homes located on this 998 acre Island; 820 of which are currently protected as part of the National Key Deer Refuge. No Name Key, along with its’ neighbor Big Pine Key, is home to the endangered Key Deer.
There are only 43 homes located on this 998 acre Island; 820 of which are currently protected as part of the National Key Deer Refuge. No Name Key, along with its’ neighbor Big Pine Key, is home to the endangered Key Deer.
We spent a long time in No Name Key and tried to find the deer. We found one in the bushes. We were so happy. Then, we saw two on the road, but it was too far for us to take pictures. Finally, with the locals help, we found a group of deer and a deer family. We were so excite and they, the deer, were so relax. I wonder who is watching who?
They are so tiny! Even though I've been to the Keys a dozen times, I don't think I've ever seen the Key deer. Paul said there used to be Key deer at Guantanamo Bay, but they shot them all a few years ago since they weren't native to the area. Isn't that awful? (He used to go there 4x/year for VA.) Donna
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