http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Florida , Keys en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 05:09:02 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:09:02 +0000 Ever since I heard that Key West was just bars restaurants and laid back people enjoying the lack of an open container law I knew it was a place I had to visit. Having lived in Las Vegas and being a frequent traveler to New Orleans I know how rowdy the streets can get when people are allowed to drink outside. And I love it. 28 years old and I still hadn39t been to Key West. It was time to go http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-786897.html Day 11 May 14 2013When I woke up this morning I felt miserable. Between walking 789 miles wearing flip flops the previous hot muggy day without drinking enough fluids and drinking a case or two of rum I was sore from head to toe a little nauseous and freezing. I had some coffee drank some water took some Tylenol and went back to bed. After several hours I had recuperated enough to drive Chr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785932.html Day 10 May 13 2013Joe went fishing in the morning. Chris I walked to Camiles restaurant for breakfast not too far from the southernmost buoy. I got another blister on the walk to the restaurant these sandals are not working out for me. Breakfast was very good and reasonably priced. After breakfast we walked over to the southernmost buoy and took a picture.We walked back to the condo very very http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785924.html Day 9 May 12 2013Got up early because we had to be at the boat by 7 am. We had a little trouble finding the boat but we got there in plenty of time. The weather was perfect sunny low 80s not much humidity and mostly calm seas. The ride out was two and onehalf hours. The boat was very comfortable and relatively new only seven months old.They provided breakfast hard boiled eggs ha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785910.html 10513 Florida City MiamiWell I had the best nights sleep for a very long time Today we decided not to go anywhere just to get sorted out and take it easy. So we started with a trip to Walmart ha ha gotta love that place Howard reckons we were there for 2 hours but Im sure he exaggerated There are so many fascinating things to see in Walmart clothes to try on gallon containers http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785658.html Went to everglades yesterday got back late will post entry laterI noticed I put day 7 as day 6 and left out the real day 6. I put all of the days in the right order and added the missing day. That39s what happens when you post after drinking.Pictures on the road the days I did have time I wasn39t able to upload them. Here in Key west I haven39t had time sober time anyway. I will http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785590.html Day 7 May 10 2013Chris and I rode the Motorcycle to the Publix grocery store on the top of the island to get groceries at a price that wouldnt bankrupt us. We were limited by the amount of space on my motorcycle but we managed to fit everything including a case of beer for Joe and a Styrofoam cooler which Chris had to carry on her lap what a sight.We had breakfast at La Creperie not too http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785587.html http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785482.html Day 5 Got up really really early because I fell asleep really really early so I decided to get an early early start. I left the hotel and went searching for a car wash so I could remove the fifteen million bugs that decided to die on my windshield. When I was able to see again I continued onto journey to Key West. The weather was beautiful and traffic was very light. I stopped for gas outsid http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-785316.html My first week in Islamorada was coming to a close. The sun had set and the dusk was dwindling. The only thing on the agenda was laundry and reading. I was not super excited about that. So I decided it was time to venture out on my own again even if just for a day. Sunday night I packed up my little old car and headed to Key West. Key West is the last island in the Florida Keys. To get there I wo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-781418.html Yesterday was a great day. We went on a Kayak nature tour by Big Pine Kayak Adventures. It turned out to be a private tour just the guide Dennis and myself. After paddling across the channel to No Name Key we went on the trail through the mangroves. It felt a bit otherworldly very mysterious deep in the mangroves. We saw a huge heron many fish a small barracuda crabs colorful spiders and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/blog-781005.html Catching up Days Inn Silver Springs Florida is the worst Days Inn I39ve ever seen. Drive on to Ocala plenty of hotels to choose from. We39ve been in the Keys a couple of days now. Our rental here on Ramrod Kay is fantastic It39s almost as big as our house in Illinois and in a great location to get to everything. The first night we were tired from a long day of driving and went to the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/blog-780999.html Monday 4 March 2013Have you noticed I seem to run out of things to write as we near the end of a tripThis has been a fairly quiet week. We had softball on Tuesday and Thursday as usual. I took a few pictures at the games which wouldnt interest most of you. We did some laundry some grocery shopping the normal day to day activities. I rode my bicycle a little around the campground.The w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Marathon/blog-774162.html Sunday 24 February 2013Monday we went down to Big Pine Key where we did laundry and bought groceries. We saw one of the little Key deer crossing the highway.Tuesday was a drizzly kind of day. We managed to get a softball game completed with only a few sprinkles early on. We had more rain in the afternoon but not gully washers. Kerry went to Big Pine Key for pizza for supper and called me on http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Marathon/blog-772792.html Monday 18 February 2013Happy Presidents Day. Lets get caught up.Wednesday we drove down to Summerland Key to the Wharf Bar and Grill for supper where we dined on BLTs. Not just bacon lettuce and tomato but bacon LOBSTER and tomato huge sandwiches too tasty to be served just anywhere. We could have split one and had plenty but we didnt know that and ordered a sandwich and fries ea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Bahia-Honda-State-Park/blog-771907.html Wednesday 13 February 2013Has it been a week since last I bloggedWell Thursday it was softball in the morning and another beautiful morning it was. Kerry did a little fishing in the afternoon and caught a little fish a very little cow fish but a fish nonetheless. Of course Thursday night was wing night at the Hurricane. It was just the two of us but the wings were excellent as usual. I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Bahia-Honda-State-Park/blog-771287.html Here we are....the last entry of our little North America excursion...don39t worry too much....school is only due to start end of February for Leslie and Tiffany. Another iconic place for our last entry and actually...more than a place another iconic drive this time to the Southern Point of the United States. I had the chance to drive to Key West some years ago with the godfather of Leslie.. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/blog-770283.html Sunday 27 January 2013Im back. Did you miss meWednesday we moved again this time to site 33 in Long Key State Park. Its only a short way down the road from the other sites where we stayed but a different perspective. The beach here is a little rockier and we are on the other side of the point with the tree in the water. The gulls and pelicans like to sit on the rocks when they are s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/John-Pennekamp-Coral-Reef-State-Park/blog-768280.html I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE IDEA OF A DAY TRIP TO KEY WEST ON THE KEY WEST EXPRESS FROM FORT MEYERS BEACH TO KEY WEST AND RETURN INSTEAD OF DRIVING THERE A TRIP THAT TAKES A FULL DAY EACH WAY. SO I TRIED IT OUT ON DECEMBER 18.THE BOAT STARTED BOARDING AT 700 AM SO I LEFT FROM SARASOTA AT 530 TO DRIVE TO FMB. THE BOARDING WENT SMOOTHLY AND WE LEFT THE DOCK A LITTLE LATE FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON. THE http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-763416.html After our Miami stay we had planned two or more nights in the Florida Keys. We had booked hotels for one night in Marathon and one Christmas Eve in Key West. For Christmas we didn39t want to take any chances after that we have no bookings and have planned go where we feel like that particular day So we set out towards the Keys in our Volkswagen and after some driving we realized we were al http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/blog-763297.html