Margaritaville may be just a state of mind, but it is a state of being in the Conch Republic. After the wonderful wedding weekend, we left freezing rain in Springfield for the sunny wet heat of Florida. We spent a little extra time in the Springfield airport while we waited for our plane to leave Toledo for Tampa so that it could come to Springfield for us. The trip was well worth the wait! We spent the night near Sarasota, FL then headed to Key West in our rented VW convertible. I wanted to get off the interstate for a more scenic route, which added about 3 hours to our drive. We soon realized that neither of us had packed CDs. Can't drive to Key West with no Buffett music, so we stopped at Wal-Mart.
As we left the tollway outside Miami, the sun was beginning to set, so we drove through the keys in the dark.
It made it easy to pretend that there was land on either side rather than water as we crossed the many bridges. Our first day in Key West, we set out on foot to explore the old part of town. It was just like being in one of Jimmy Buffett's songs! We walked all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean on that first day! Okay, so that's only a mile and a half or so. Exhausted from our trek, we stopped for gelato. Sitting in the sun eating ice cream in the middle of December? Must be paradise.
We arrived at Mallory Square just in time to see the fading sunset.
To be continued...
2 comments:
I wish you a great stay in Key West!
Visit me at Mallory Square!
Susanne - we had a great time in Key West! Unfortunately, we'd already left before the blog was updated so we missed you at the square. I'm sure we'll be back though!
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