Seaplane at Dry Tortugas

Seaplane landing at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas

 

 

 

This seaplane landed in the Dry Tortugas at Fort Jefferson while we were there.

It is making its way to the seaplane anchorage on Garden Key at Fort Jefferson.

The folks in that small inflatable dinghy are coming ashore from one of the private boats visiting the Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson. Private boats are assigned an anchorage several hundred yards offshore of the southern end of Garden Key. They use dinghys such as this one to visit Fort Jefferson.

Seaplane taxing to anchorage at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas

 

The seaplane is taxing to its assigned anchorage. In the background you can see private boats that are visiting Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas.

 

Seaplane at anchor on Dry Tortugas at Fort Jefferson

 

 

This is where the seaplane anchored on Garden Key while passengers visited Fort Jefferson.

Yankee Freedom II high speed ferry to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas

 

 

 

 

This is the Yankee Freedom II that we rode to Fort Jefferson on.

The Yankee Freedom II makes daily ferry trips to Garden Key and Fort Jefferson from their dock in Key West Harbor.

 

Seaplane at anchor on Dry Tortugas at Ft Jefferson

 

 

This is another picture of the seaplane that brought visitors to Garden Key and Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. It is anchored 100-yards or so in front of the Yankee Freedom II that transported us to Fort Jefferson from Key West.