The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed!"

I thought you all would enjoy learning a little about Key West and why we are called the Conch Republic. The following link will take you to the history of how the Conch Republic came to be. I think you will get a hoot out of it.
http://www.conchrepublic.com/history.htm

Then each year the independence is celebrated with a week of events (or any reason to have a party) so I have attached the link to this years party schedule. We have already planned out which ones we will attending.
http://www.conchrepublic.com/schedule.htm

In the past we have been in KW during this celebration and really enjoy it. Our favorites are the Great Conch Republic Drag Race & the Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race.
This year we will attend more events than before. Captain Frank, a friend of ours (a MF investor, of course, and a private yacht captain) is a Rear Admiral for the Conch Republic Army so we will be watching him in battle along with attending a lot of the other activities. I wish I could explain what all goes on in the battle. Any of the local ships can join in to fight the Coast Guard and in the Keys News today there was a separate section outlining all of the activities along with the list of Approved Ammunition. The boats fight each other with FOOD!!!! Only in KW!!!
Then of course there is the Conch Crawl (along Duval which is the main party street in town) so we will let you know how that goes (it's a good thing we can walk home)!

So this will be an interesting part of the Adventure as we partake in the local celebration!!!!