For Nick Hexum, singer with the hip-hop and reggae-inspired rock band 311, a modern-day version of the Keys castaway fantasy cost slightly more - $2.7 million.
That's how much he shelled out in May for Money Key, which consists of several acres of land and mangrove on the ocean, off Summerland Key.
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The California-based performer paid a visit to Money Key in March after spotting it for rent on the Internet.
``I stayed there for a week, fell in love with the place and by the end of the stay made them an offer,'' he said.
Hexum's key includes an octagonal wood house, Internet access, satellite television and a we're-all-alone-out-here feel that fosters birthday-suit sunning. Hexum also rents the island out for between $4,800 and $6,500 a week.
``When I realized it was do-able, I just couldn't pass it up,'' said Hexum, who doesn't know how Money Key - one of two islands in the Keys with that name - got the moniker.
Some Keys islands were homesteaded, then bought from Florida's internal improvement fund, which sold off excess lands, according to Hambright. Others were bought by the federal government for conservation.
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