Day 10, Tuesday March 10th - No farther south

Tuesday we departed the Everglades about 9:30 AM, it was cloudy and still breezy but the wind had let up considerably.

As we departed the park we turned into West Lake, a short hike we missed Monday. West Lake is a huge lake, the hike is all on boardwalks that originally had a loop out into the lake. Apparently there was a hurricane, I think it was Irma that destroyed the part of the boardwalk that goes out into the lake. It was still a nice walk through the dense jungle, but put on bug spray.

I have heard others say the drive to Key West is boring with lots of traffic. I agree with the latter, but we found the expansive views and turquoise water beautiful.

The road out to the tip of the keys is a modern marvel, the first railway was built in 1912 and after a hurricane it was replaced by the highway in 1938.

We arrived at Boyd's campground around 3PM, it is wall to wall RV's (250 sites) and booked solid, if you don't make a reservation, well in advance, you will not get in.  Everyone gets a slab of concrete and a picnic table, so it really doesn't feel that cramped. Boyd's is on Stock Island, the closest campground to Key West, so it it is very convenient to downtown and the people are very nice.

After getting setup we took the scooter to Key West just to check things out. We cruised the entire length of Duval Street and parked at the far north end. Parking with a scooter is not a problem in Key West, they are everywhere. We walked the northern water front, Mallory Square and about half way down Duval.

We eventually got thirsty, we walked inside Irish Kevin's, and a few others, but went into the Bull and Whistle Bar because it had a second floor balcony view.  The balcony view reminded us of the Sturgis bars, and June had on her Harley shirt, so it worked. Later in the afternoon a couple saw us getting off the scooter and said to June "your shirt doesn't go with that bike",  they were Harley riders.

We lucked out, it was 2 for one Margaritas!

We actually fit in nicely, motorized vehicles of all kinds and even bicycle powered buggies.

We walked a bit more and made our way back to the Scooter and cruised Duval to the southern end where we found the famous marker for the southernmost tip of the continental US.  The line had already started to get a sunset picture, we did not wait in line. Maybe another day.

Parked near the marker was a whole row of expensive Harleys, amazing what they do to these machines..I would be afraid to ride them.











We made our way back to camp, it is only about 10 mins, to have dinner and there was laundry to do.

After dinner we walked the campground, it is actually pretty nice, there are sites on the water, but we did not get one :-(.

They even have a small beach.









Wednesday we plan to go to downtown Key West and be tourists.