KEY WEST CONCHS CROSS COUNTRY
Bring your team down for a weekend in Key West!
FREE Lodging for 2 Nights in KWHS' Bunkhouse**
Great Course at Key West Golf Club
Big Discount on Team Snorkeling Trip
Famous Sunset Celebration
Duval Street Shops and Revelry
Hundreds of Restaurants
MAPS AND DIRECTIONS FURY SNORKEL TRIP K.W.G.C. COURSE MAP
Here's the Weekend Plan:
Friday:
From Miami, you have 150 miles to go. the first 45 of that is fast (55-70 MPH). Once you reach the Keys, though, speed limits drop to 45 MPH. There are a few 55 zones, but there are also about 15 traffic lights, and most of US-1 is one lane fo traffic in each direction (i.e., no passing zones). Plan on taking 2.5 hours (3.5 from Miami). Add another half-hour if you'll be making bathroom or snack stops. It's a nice ride in an unhurried state of mind, so lean back, chill, and enjoy the views....
6:00 (or whenever) Course jog at Key West Golf Club, if you arrive before sunset
2007 Sunsets: 9/22 = 7:24, 9/29 = 7:17, 10/13 = 7:03, 10/20 = 6:56.
8:00 Check in at KWHS bunkhouse (subject to availablity -- reserve EARLY)
11 bunks (22 beds), with 2 beds in separate coaches quarters
Air-conditioned, with 53" TV and VCR (bring your own movies or DVD player)
Carpeted floor
Floor space for more sleeping, but unpadded concrete under carpet: air mattress recommended
** If bunkhouse is unavailable, we can get discount rooms at Days Inn
Less than a mile from the course
Discount rate is $69 per room (2 double beds)
8:30 Shower, head out to dinner
TGIFriday's, Outback, Hard Rock Cafe, among many others
Saturday:
Early Morning: The Races
7:30 Girls Race (just after sunrise)
8:00 Boys Race
Beautiful, accurate, all-grass, 2-loop, spectator-friendly course.
Numerous mounds and ponds for variety of terrain and scenery.
Course can easily handle multiple teams (up to 15)
Clubhouse available for restrooms (but not for showers)
For detailed course info, stats, and photos, click here
Late Morning: Breakfast/Brunch
KW Breakfast Club, All-You-Can-Eat $1.99 Specials under canopy of Royal Poincianas
Denny's
Waffle House
IHOP
Many other options
Afternoon:
Snorkel on the Reef, with Fury Water Adventures
3-hour trip, $27.50 per person, includes all equipment, plus fruit and bottled water
Coaches FREE
Boat can hold more than 40 people
Fort Zachary Taylor State Park
Key West's best beach, and a Civil War fort, with tours
Park charges admission
Duval Street Shops
Over 100 shops of all descriptions line the 1.1-miles of Key West's most famous street
Historic Tours
Ride the Conch Tour Train or take the Trolley and see the other side of Key West
The Southernmost Point Marker
Key West Aquarium
Shipwreck Museum
Pirate Soul Museum
Truman's Little White House
Ernest Hemingway's Home
many more options
Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square
Join 1000 people -- along with dozens of artists and entertainers -- for Key West's beautiful sunset
See above for sunset times
Evening
Dinner at your choice of restaurants, followed by an evening on Duval Street.
??? Return to Bunkhouse
Sunday:
Morning: Half-Day, Whole Day, Your Choice...
Breakfast/Brunch
Downtown Shops, or Museums, etc. -- any of the above from Saturday
Beach time at Smathers Beach, or Rest Beach, or Higgs Beach
Fort Zachary Taylor State Park beach or fort tour
...or just load up and head for home
Past Visitors Include:
Gulliver Prep
Belen Jesuit
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
Gulf
Wesley Chapel
Wellington
Coral Shores
Chaminade-Madonna
Cardinal Gibbons
Archbishop McCarthy
Pembroke Pines Charter
Monsignor Pace
St. Brendan's
American Heritage
Marathon
Island Christian School
Ida S. Baker
If you have any interest or questions, contact us at: ConchsCC@aol.com