Anyone been to Dry Tortugas?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

we were there a couple of weeks ago, took the fishing gear but never broke it out, the snorkeling was amazing and I never really got the urge to start hooking fish when you could swim around and observe them..lot's of barracuda, red grouper, and on... most of the shore is designated and bouyed for snorkeling....LONG ride out there .....don't know how much it costs but if you spring for the sea plane you might get a lot more time out there, goes by quick....try to pick a day that the wind is forcasted to be light otherwise it could be a long, bumpy ride HAVE FUN!

Beautiful picture of your daughter! Did you guys take the plane? My wife says she wants to catch a few fish for dinner (God bless her), so we figured we'd book a boat. Both the all-day plane trip, and our boat trip, offered about 6 hours at the park. As we wanted to sample the bottom fishing, we went with the boat. The boat trip will actually be a bit more expensive than the plane would have been, big-time gas guzzler. Not something we can do all the time, but we can doit once.