In this new video, we sailed seven nautical miles to Sand Key Lighthouse, one of Key West’s oldest historic landmarks. The original inappropriately-named lighthouse was built on a sandy shoal, but a hurricane destroyed it in the 1840s. Today there’s no sandbar left; instead, there’s a beautiful reef that we couldn’t wait to explore. Our […]
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The Elbow Reef Lighthouse: 101 Steps Up
On the tip of Elbow Cay overlooking Hope Town Harbour, a lighthouse has been creating controversy for nearly 160 years. On our wedding day, we climbed 101 steps to the top of the Elbow Reef Lighthouse to see what all the fuss was about. The Elbow Reef Lighthouse in Hope Town, Bahamas, has a story […]