north is south and up is down

All over this country we've seen a lack of signs, misleading signs, wrong signs, missing signs, stupid signs, and more. (My personal favorite were signs in one area of the country - out west someplace - where a sign on the other side of an upcoming crossroad would say, Route X next right. So we drive by the crossroad and take the next right, but of course the route we were looking for was the one before the sign. I am so stubborn that this worked against me way too many times.)

All of the above pales in comparison to Key West. Let me try to describe the Key West confabulatory street and route markings as I see them. (I am prepared to defend my use of "confabulatory" here. I think the craziness is at least in part due to a neurological disorder that has struck the Key West highway and map makers departments.)

Whatever logic I have left cannot accept the following:

There is only one way to get to Key West, the southernmost point in the continental US - you drive south on Route 1.

When you cross the bridge and arrive on the island you are on South Roosevelt Blvd. If you continue south on the island, you do so on North Roosevelt Blvd. You reach the end of Route 1 by going north in Key West. You go north on Route 1 back to the mainland - eventually - by going south on Route 1. Based on the maps, it seems quite clear that the southernmost point in the USA is a little north of a decent sized piece of the island and that by traveling north from there to get to where everyone gathers to watch the sunset, you are going further south. (If the southernmost point in the US has no view westward, how can it be the southernmost point?)

Okay, I've forgotten the rest, but the bigger point is how can one get so lost on such a small island and keep encountering the main cross streets and follow them in the same circle by going either way on them? Ahhhh ... never mind. It's me.

Anyway, we had the top down and got to see almost every street in Key West. It is a very special place. People from all over the world. Things happening all around you all the time. Open to the elements restaurants and bars, parasailing, paragliding, snorkeling, scuba diving, glass bottom boats, dinner cruises, scooters, electric cars, trolley trains, personal water craft (boo!), wind surfing, water skiing, kayaking, 64 zillion places to eat ... including frozen key lime pie dipped in chocolate and served on a stick, deep sea fishing, dock walking, sunset watching in a carnival atmosphere, boat rentals, museums and more.