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Pictures offered on the official Sigsbee sight does not show the beauty of this location to it's best. The pictures of the RVs grouped together looks more like dry camp at Trumbo Annex - not the campground on Sigsbee Naval Air Station. There are 2 full hookup areas at Sigsbee NAS with about 86 sites (give or take a couple)and almost 200 dry camp sites which do not include the numerous tent locations. We have wintered at Sigsbee each year since 2009. Arriving sometime shortly after Christmas and leaving in March each year. We have had the normal RV problems (a failed generator, a slide that didn't want to pull in) and we survived the trade winds of the Keys which can be exciting at times. But with that said, the social outings (group bike rides, kayaking tours, game night, movie night, friendships new and old), organized classes (painting, jewelry making, wood carving, and sewing only to name a few), and wonderful sunsets to watch as a group or individually are so worth any inconveniences you might endure to be in paradise. Also a great fenced dog park, great food and drinks at the Sunset Lounge, ITT reduced tickets for local activities, Exchange and Commissary, clean restrooms and laundry facilities, softball, washer toss games, karaoke each week, and such nice hosts through out the park. Yes, there are periods of time in dry camp, but that's where the friends are made. Full hook-ups of 2 weeks at a time are greatly anticipated - but everyone goes thru the same cycle and it's fun to meet neighbors at the list board to see where you are on the movement list and anticipate where your next location will be. And if you don't want to move ever so often, you can choose to go to Trumbo and dry camp for the full time you are there. It's closer to downtown and many prefer that location over Sigsbee, but anywhere in Key West is worth the trip. It is truly a paradise. Of course, all this may change in June 2012 when these campgrounds go under the reservation on line conception - no one knows how this will work yet - but hopefully the Navy won't mess up the greatest thing going in Florida. At least I can say - I've been in paradise for 3 years during the winter and loved every minute of it and have lots of pictures and friends as a result of our visits. If you haven't tried it - I hope you do sometime before you're too old to camp anymore. Of course there are other options - rental rooms, trailers and unoccupied quarters but they costs more than just camping. Look for pictures that campers have left instead of the official ones if you want a true picture of "dry camping drudgery in Sigsbee".