Vacation Home in Florida

The is the north end of Anclote Key where boats pull up to the beach. Anclote Key is an island that is a state park and game preserve. The vacation home is about 4 miles from Anclote Key.

Here are some of our guests playing in the surf at Anclote Key. Note how calm the Gulf of Mexico is. This is not like the Atlantic coast where there are huge waves. It is usually very calm like this. Caution should of course be used when there is a storm.

The above is a section of Anclote Key that shows how deserted this island is. The only way to get to it is by private boat. It is very natural. The folks that "grade" the beaches in the U.S.A. rate this in the top ten of all beaches, including Hawaiian beaches.

The north end of Anclote Key has a sandbar on it that the 3 fishermen on the right are standing on. The current is swift over this sandbar when the tide is changing, and this makes it very good fishing. It also makes this a spot where youngsters and oldsters should not swim, and macho men should be very cautious.

Occasionally there will be a shipwreck on Anclote Key, like this one.

Here is the lighthouse that is on the south end of Anclote Key. This is "open" and the adventurous can climb up the starway inside it. WARNING... some steps are missing and CAUTION has to be exercised. NO MESSING AROUND in here it is a dark stairway about 8 to 10 stories tall. There is NO protective guard rail at the top so do not fall off. The fall would almost certaintly be fatal!..