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| January, 2008 Enough of this winter weather! Rita and I rounded up some discount plane tickets to Fort Lauderdale, rented a car and headed down to the Florida Keys. There is no place further south in the Continental United States. Click on any picture to enlarge (best viewed in 1024 x 768): We flew into Fort The next morning it was off to Key Largo where we spent the next four days at beautiful Lauderdale Thur eve. Bay Harbor Lodge. A quiet and secluded tropical setting with its own private beach. Too late to drive, so we If you're looking for somewhere to unwind and de-stress ... this is the perfect location. spent the night at a Motel 6 in a rough part of town. My wife was NOT happy with my choice! From the freezing Rita kicks back to Rita introduced me to Key Largo Conch House Any breakfast scraps? Ohio temps to a enjoy the room. which quickly became my favorite way to refreshing dip in the start each day! Atlantic Ocean! A trip to the Keys doesn't Hogsbreath Saloon Ed people watching My beautiful Tourists count without a visit web cam along Duval St wife! have no to Duval St down in self- Key West respect! Just take two My wife, the animal And for a moment, Apparently being The cranes had no steps to your lover Rita and I were the "Southernmost" fear of people right, baby! further south than is very competitive Don't worry any other people in in Key West about those birds! the continental U.S. Important to support local tourism, so we visited "Just a little closer, What make this Everglades Alligator Farm. The farm has a fenced trail Ed. I promise I won't photo so rare is that lets you view Alligators in a natural setting. bite!" that Rita has a It's amazing how perfectly still they sit and wait deathly fear of snakes. And what's a trip to an Alligator Okay ... now that's "Show's over people. We've never seen the Farm without a show?!? just asking for I'm out of here." Everglades, so we signed trouble. up for an airboat ride 120 miles long And as luck would have it, our airboat got I know this look! Ed never misses a & 50 miles wide, stuck in the mud. The only way out was to It means I'll hear ridiculous photo the Everglades change boats walking through the mud. I more about this later! opportunity is known as a considered it a real opportunity to see what 'river of grass' it would be like to explore on foot. That was some deep mud! |
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