Looking toward Bush Key, o'er the Seaplane Beach! Upon a seaplane is probably the fastest way to get to Fort Jefferson, but man, are they noisy and smelly when flapping around at that Seaplane Beach! Every so often these planes would arrive or depart, making SO MUCH NOISE that everything on the island stops and everyone turns to watch this noisy thing occur. This is not me deploring such inventions as seaplanes, just mentioning what a disruptive presence they were during my visit. Of course I probably would have felt differently had I been a seaplane-delivered visitor! I probably would have referred to the deafening noise as "the sound of freedom" or something.