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If it's Old Key West you want, stop short of Key West on your drive down US 1 and explore Stock Island. Brad and Cathy talk about the island's cow-centric and crime-adjacent history, what's worth doing now,  and where you can meet an ostrich.

Links We Mentioned

Bone Island Mambo by Tom Corcoran

Stock Island Festival

Cow Key 0K

Monroe County Petting Zoo 

A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida (Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series) by Walter C. Maloney

Lucy Burdette's Key West food critic murder mysteries

Brad Bertelli books — Cathy says get the Florida Keys Skunk Ape Files book!

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