Blogs from Keys, Florida, United States, North America - page 29

Petite halte circonstancielle, à Kay Biscayne, qui nous a fait un très grand bien. Un bon moment d'arrêt qui nous a permis de visiter et se préparer pour notre deuxième départ vers les Bahamas. Le 10 décembre, nous étions partis pour notre traversée, mais à 15 miles nautiques de Miami, nous avons du fait demi tour car le moteur a eu une panne. Rien de très grave, mais on ne peut prendre de chance en mer, impossible de penser continuer sans moteur c'est beaucoup trop risqué! Nous sommes donc entré à voile, pour revenir sur nos pas, à Miami. Nous avons pris trois jours à la marina de Crandon parc de Kay Biscayne afin de faire venir la pièce du moteur et réparer le problème.... read more

Florida Keys was next on the Itinerary. A chain of islands joined by a highway of bridges. Each island becoming more beautiful, the further into the carribean sea you went. Along the way to Key West, we stopped in at the Turtle Hospital where they house permanently injured residents as well as rehabilitate those where there is an option for release back into the wild. We arrived in Key West late afternoon and discovered that we could take a sunset cruise in the home of the Sunsets. This cruise also had the bonus of offering “complimentary” beer, wine and champagne. Not being shy of having a drink, Hayley and I got stuck into it. We also had the opportunity to captain the ship for about 15 minutes. If wasn’t all that difficult to keep the ship ... read more

The Florida Keys, and Colorado Springs, Co. Travel Mate- John O'Boyle Six months on the road. This was my first travel, and a lot of other firsts as well. I was 18, full of ideals and nievity, after a year of looking for a way to begin my traveling dreams I met John and he invited me to go to Key West with him. I made you're average rookie mistakes, over packing,under funding, believing what dead heads said, yada yada. But John knew the ropes and after a month on the go in the Keys, I got it down. I spent most of my time in the keys in Key West, chilling on the beach and sitting on Duval st. sipping wine and watching people walk by. The rest of the time was spent camping ... read more

There is a road, called the Ocean Highway, that links Key Largo to Key West and several other keys in between, so we were able to drive all the way to Key West. There are of course lots of bridges, the longest of which is called the Seven Mile Bridge for obvious reasons. That was the one that Arnold Schwarzenegger blew-up in the True Lies movie, albeit the old bridge that still runs parallel to the current one. On the way there, we stopped at the Bahia Honda State Park for a break and some snorkelling. The beach here is supposed to be the second best beach in the United States. I tried to find out where the top beach was and it seemed to depend on which website you were looking at. The top beach ... read more

After 60 some hours of travel from Bangkok, Simon and Lauren wound up in Miami and spent a weekend in the Florida Keys, diving on a reef and shallow wreck the first day, and doing a double dip on the USS Spiegel Grove the second. Lauren was pleased to be back home, and enjoyed showing Simon around the Keys and Miami. They witnessed the colorful sunset festival in Key West and vibrant fireworks displays in Miami, but the Spiegel stood out as the highlight of the weekend for both. Splashing in Florida is much more refreshing and less brisk than some colder climates. Here the summer ocean maintains a surface temperature just above 80º (or about 30C). Initially, Simon and Lauren descend an infinite line into the deep. But the blue, tropical Floridian water soon allows ... read more