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Florida Keys
#24734
01/14/2014 12:47 PM
01/14/2014 12:47 PM
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Brian3000
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Hi all,
Going to Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl in March. The wife and I love it there and have a free place to stay. However for the first time, we will be renting a car and will go to the Keys for a day/night.
Neither of us have ever been. Not sure if we should go to Key Largo, Key West, other???
We like doing pretty much any and everything but don't have a starting point right now other than Key West is about an hour and 15mins of a longer drive (which can't be that bad on A1A!)
Anyway, any recommendations, insights, advice, references are appreciated. We like dining, snorkeling, night life, whatever. Again, (sadly) this is only for 1 day and night. We'd leave Lauderdale by the Sea around 8am or so, spend the day in the Keys, spend the night, and maybeee spend some time the following day but with the drive back can't get wild.
Thanks friends! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Florida Keys
[Re: Brian3000]
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01/14/2014 06:04 PM
01/14/2014 06:04 PM
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irina
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You should be good then. I have this great website: http://www.beatthetraffic.com/traffic/#!/Miami/camerasYou can check the traffic all the way through. Map expands. Just click before you take off or have your co pilot put it on their smartphone. LOL cheers irina
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Re: Florida Keys
[Re: Brian3000]
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03/10/2014 11:32 AM
03/10/2014 11:32 AM
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Brian3000
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So we decided to go the B&B route. We made our reservation at the Artist House for Tuesday 03/25. http://www.artisthousekeywest.com/We'll be in the Eugene Studio Suite. Tentative plan: -Leave LBTS around 7:00am -Cliche or not, drive down in the rental with Buffett's boxed set -Go straight to El Siboney for lunch -Check in at the Artist House and get our room situated -Walk around and soak the environment up, stopping in places that seem interesting, culminating in... -Sunset at Mallory Square -Get clean and go to Blue Heaven for dinner -Do a 1 drink per establishment pub crawl (many of the bars suggested by you all) that ends with us getting to Schooner's Wharf by midnight/12:30 and staying there to watch whoever's playing finish their set. -Walk/cab back to Artist House for sleep -Head to Croissants De France to start the day -Get to the touristy things (Mile Marker 0, Southernmost Point, Hemmingway House) -Hop in car and stop in Largo on the way back north and go to the state park to snorkel. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" />
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