Nov 21, 2012 - Day 129 - to Key West, Florida

We headed south-west today out 100 miles over a series of islands and bridges called the Overseas Highway. It is very appropriately named. We travelled over water as much as over land. The views are breath-taking, blue-green water, bright blue sky and streaks of white clouds. Lots of birds, herons, gulls, terns, buzzards, ducks and dozens I can't name. The traffic was not bad and we made to Key West by 11:00 am. We had made reservations at Boyd's Key West Campground and Marina and had no problem getting on to a site early. It faces right...

Nov 5, 2012 - Key West, FL

Today we moved 50 miles south to Key West, to a LUXURY campground. We are giving ourselves a treat by splurging. This is a condominium campsite that is rented out when the owner is not using it. The campground has an office and they take reservations just like a regular campsite. It is expensive but we will only be here 3 nights, and then we will go back to 'roughing it' with regular campgrounds. There is camping... and then there is camping! Right now we are at the top end of the spectrum. It is gorgeous here. We have a little piece of...

Nov 3, 2012 - Key West

The Naval Alarm woke us up – well, me anyway – right on schedule which was OK. I had made arrangements yesterday for a company to wash and wax the house-on-wheels and they were supposed to show up at 9:00, so that gave me time to walk the security system and get all prettied up before they got here. They showed up at 8:59 and commenced to washing the ride, while I sat under the chickee hut and caught up on this literary masterpiece. They left to go finish another job while ours dried and came back about 1:30 to start the waxing. They worked...

Nov 2, 2012 - Key West

Today the Naval Alarm went off at 8:00. The Naval Alarm is the term I just made up to describe the F18's taking off from Key West Naval Air Station on their way to the training areas NW of KW. I guess they have an agreement with the locals - no flying until 8:00 so right at the crack of 8:00 they take off toward the NE and make their left turn over the campground. While I don't mind it, and my lovely roommate sleeps right through it, I'm sure most of the other visitors are a little less than thrilled with the noisy display of their tax...

Nov 1, 2012 - Key West

We couldn't check into the campground until after 3:00 so we didn't wheel out of Pembroke Pines until about 12:30. The trip south was great, especially the weather. It has finally cooled off down here near the equator so we were able to drive with the windows down, which makes it easier to scream at the morons. And Dade County has plenty of 'em. After a short fuel stop in Florida City, we finally got into the Bluewater Key RV Resort just north of Key West a little after 4:00. We picked a waterfront campsite and it's pretty neat. It's got a...

May 22, 2012 - Day 13

Big hangover this morning! We packed the car and dropped Nat & Blair to the airport before driving down to Florida Keys. It took longer then we expected but the drive was interesting. After we checked into our hotel, we drove around the island and had a look around and I tried the famous Key Lime Pie (delicious). We then went back to the hotel and had a swim. Later that afternoon we went back down to the main part of the island and had dinner at a nice place where Cat got the best steak we have ever tasted! and I got a massive seafood...

May 16, 2012 - Key West, cont'd (April 22-May 21, 2012)

We had a super time in Key West. I more than Pete, since he was not feeling well, couldn't eat much of the wonderful seafood, or participate much in much kayaking, snorkeling, or biking. It didn't stop me too much, although it wasn't usually as much fun without him. I think sometimes he was glad to have me out of our home. He'll check in with his own doc back in Vermont to see what else he needs to be doing so this doesn't happen again. As the snowbirds headed north for their summer nests, we moved to the front row of the RV Park, right on...

May 4, 2012 - Birthday weekend in the Keys!

For Byron's birthday weekend, we made it down to the Southernmost point in the US...Key West! Our lack of reservations for any hotel made it a nightmare until we were able to snag this resort with this killer view. We got to Key West close to midnight and wasted no time hanging by the Atlantic Ocean in hammocks with a full moon looking down on us. We figured it's costing us an arm and a leg (and maybe another body part) but when are we going to be able to be somewhere THIS amazing again??!!

Apr 30, 2012 - Alligators, Crocodiles and Birds...Oh My!

Greetings from the southernmost city in the United States, Key West, Florida! After we departed from Homosassa, we headed south to Fort Myers Beach, Florida. We took Highway 19 for the most part (2 lane road) but made a diversion so that we could visit LazyDays RV in Tampa. We had heard about it from our fellow travelers and we weren’t disappointed; they sell RV’s, service them, have a complimentary RV park while you have your rig serviced, complimentary breakfast and lunch for you if you are waiting for service, a large Camping World,...

Apr 21, 2012 - Key West, Florida (April 5 - 21+, 2012)

Today (4/21) is a day of rain, thunder, lightning, and wild winds, thus a good one to catch up with my journal. Willie4 is rocking 'n rolling and Soleil is not a happy puppy, snuggled up at my feet. The next leg of our journey brought us to Key West, southernmost city in the USA. Route 1 ends here! It's a beautiful drive through all the Keys, Atlanta Ocean on one side, Gulf of Mexico on the other. The first way through was a railroad, which eventually became the road and bridges. Parts of the old bridges were saved for fishing, one of the...

Feb 22, 2012 - at Key West FL; 15/166

120222-Wed-0 miles. Today we went to downtown Key West again. We saw Chris driving a trolley while we had a Margarita. Shirley went on the roof and saw one guy naked. We split a Cuban sandwich for lunch and had a McDonald’s frappe on the way home and thus neither of us were hungry for dinner. We just put the trike and bike up to leave tomorrow. We are still having a great time.

Feb 21, 2012 - Exploring the Keys

February 20-27, 2012 Key West Adventures Serendipity is a fact of life so we were not surprised when two publications that we receive each month had color photos and articles about Key West arrived in our forwarded mail in early February when we were in North Fort Myers, Florida. The Keys are a group of subtropical islands (approximately 1,700) that lie southeast of the tip of Florida. Only a few of them are inhabited (30?). They split into the Atlantic Ocean and they jut east of the Gulf of Mexico. We were fascinated with the beauty of...