Key West is great, but let's face it there is a lack of wild places to explore on land. The ocean is a whole world of exploration, the Silent World, full of mystery and strange creatures. What to do if it's blowing 30 knots and you are stuck on land?
Drive out to Geiger Key, just east of Key West, to satisfy the explorer in you. It's a strip of beach adjacent to fenced-off military land, wide enough to traverse and explore. It faces the Atlantic and the beach is narrow with rocks behind it. As Key West beaches go, this is my favorite because it's so untouched and wild.
Walk far enough down the beach, westward, and you'll hit the most incredible little beach hut. It's got a stone foundation and the walls are made of woven driftwood. There are rooms, stairs, a ladder to the roof, hallways, and secret little dens that could also be altars, depending on your point of view.
The beach hut is made to the scale of hobbits, and the little kids we saw there were delighted when they saw it. What a great place for a kids' birthday party. Check out the pictures:
