Dry Tortugas camping trip

This was one of our bucket list trips. The ferry ride was 2 1/2 hours. After we got our camp established we launched the kayaks and paddled 3 miles to 'Loggerhead Key', and did some exploring. We met the island keeper and he told us that all of last month he only had 18 visitors. The water color here is azure blue.
You can get an idea from the pics what it looks like. The weather, day 1 was spectacular. It got windy that night and stayed windy for day 2. No more kayaking. The main attraction in the park is Fort Jefferson. It's a gargantuan structure. The largest masonry structure in the western hemisphere. 16,000,000 bricks. 30 plus years under construction. Not a single shot was ever fired from its walls in anger and it was not finished. It has a unique history. Jenny and I have visited some forts over the last few years. The hardships building this one were monumental. We got back to the MP at 5:30. We are going to check this off our list.