Blogs from Florida City, Florida, United States, North America

Bonjour à tous J'aurais pu appeler cette journée "transition" J'ai quitté ce matin Marathon, dans les Keys, pour Miami. Je reprends la même route qu'avant hier, mais dans l'autre sens. C'est un régal il y a très peu de circulation, une température de 29°, l'océan est d'un calme impérial. Quelques gros nuages menaçants se profilent à l'horizon, je ne pense pas que ce soit pour moi. Pour ceux qui sont déjà venus, quelques souvenirs avec, les Keys qui se succèdent, Islamorada, Plantation Key, Tavernier, Key Largo. La limitation de vitesse varie de 35 à 55 mile à heure (50 à 90) mais attention il y a beaucoup de flics planqués à l'entrée des villages. Je retraverse une partie du Parc des Everglades, totalement inaccessible de ce côté, mais c'est pour demain, J'arrive à Florida City, où ... read more

3/15/2014 - Today we will be leaving the Keys and headed back to Florida City. The weather here at Bluewater has been great. Only one night we had wind, thunder, and rain. 70 and 80 the eight days we have been here. We will be staying at the Southern Comfort RV Park again on the way up. Jack, the famous cook; will be doing hamburger helper for supper. Aleta made two pans of homemade fudge, one for each motorhome. Played cards/marbles, did our walkabout, then called it a night.... read more

Geo: 25.4479, -80.4792For our Florida trip, we flew into Ft. Lauderdale and rented a car. Our flight from GSP to Atlanta was delayed so that we missed our connection in Atlanta and were later getting in than scheduled which put us in rush hour traffic driving to Florida City and our motel. Rush hour traffic in the Miami area is really bad – akin to Southern California. But we made it and spent four nights in the Fl City area while visiting Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. The first day at Everglades, we took the Anhinga trail, a boardwalk into a wetlands area with huge amounts of birds and alligators. We then drove to Flamingo, rented a canoe, and paddled down and back along a canal to Coots Bay, then out to Florida Bay. Interesting and ... read more