Station/Boat Location~
Station Key West
Date there~
2002 - 2005
Weather~
Hot, hot and muggy,really hot! The wintertime is so awesome,70's and low 80's with no humidity. Around christmas this year we were wearing coats and long pants for a week or two.
Military facilities~
commissary, Exchange, car wash, community center, boys and grils club, tennis courts, a marina, a lounge on the water, navy lodge, two RV parks, dog park, an elementary school k-5th lots of playgrounds for the kids
Medical~
Nearby Navy hospital (HMO style) with quite a few Doctors in town for Tricare referrals and the hospital/emergency room is not even a mile away from housing
Housing~
there are two different housing sites. Peary Courtis newer and has only two bedrooms, Sigsbee is much older and has 3 and 4 bdrm duplexes and townhouses. Some have water access and docks. Beware of mold from air conditioning
Shopping~
Not much! There is Kmart and Sears. Period. Well, there are the trendy boutiques downtown that are cool but super expensive. most folks make the 3 hour drive to Miami for a "Walmart-fix" or just shop online.
Adult Schools~
there is FKCC community college
Fun Activities~
swimming, snorkelling, all of the water sports, Sorry to say with children-not much, but growns ups can go do the"Duval Crawl" which is bar hopping the 227 bars on the 2 mile stretch of Duval street. Yes it's a total party town.
Additional Info~
You can rent boats/jetskis at the marina on base for cheap-great fun. You just have to make your own fun if you have kids-and it is a great place to be stationed-an interesting ,very different place
Homeport FL
Station Key West
Date there~
2002 - 2005
Weather~
Hot, hot and muggy,really hot! The wintertime is so awesome,70's and low 80's with no humidity. Around christmas this year we were wearing coats and long pants for a week or two.
Military facilities~
commissary, Exchange, car wash, community center, boys and grils club, tennis courts, a marina, a lounge on the water, navy lodge, two RV parks, dog park, an elementary school k-5th lots of playgrounds for the kids
Medical~
Nearby Navy hospital (HMO style) with quite a few Doctors in town for Tricare referrals and the hospital/emergency room is not even a mile away from housing
Housing~
there are two different housing sites. Peary Courtis newer and has only two bedrooms, Sigsbee is much older and has 3 and 4 bdrm duplexes and townhouses. Some have water access and docks. Beware of mold from air conditioning
Shopping~
Not much! There is Kmart and Sears. Period. Well, there are the trendy boutiques downtown that are cool but super expensive. most folks make the 3 hour drive to Miami for a "Walmart-fix" or just shop online.
Adult Schools~
there is FKCC community college
Fun Activities~
swimming, snorkelling, all of the water sports, Sorry to say with children-not much, but growns ups can go do the"Duval Crawl" which is bar hopping the 227 bars on the 2 mile stretch of Duval street. Yes it's a total party town.
Additional Info~
You can rent boats/jetskis at the marina on base for cheap-great fun. You just have to make your own fun if you have kids-and it is a great place to be stationed-an interesting ,very different place
Homeport FL
