KEY WEST BY WHEELCHAIR
The Audubon House and Tropical Garden nearby doesn't hold the same appeal. Access through a gate is confusing and the house itself isn't that interesting or accessible.
Access is excellent, though, on wide pavers that wind through the garden filled with orchids, bromeliads, herbs, papayas, banana and sapodilla trees.
Perhaps the attraction that best epitomizes Key West's spirit is Mel Fisher's shipwreck museum of the Atocha.
Fisher was a local character who spent 16 years chasing his dream: to find and recover a sunken Spanish galleon full of treasure.
Enduring legal challenges and the death of his son, Fisher never lost faith in his mantra: "Today's the day."
July 20, 1985 was the day that the Atocha, loaded with gold, silver and jewels, was found.
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