Eric & I leave Highlands
Hammock State
Campground at 8:30 am.
Today's drive is 5.5 hours long, without any stops.
Our drive starts out on
131 miles to Miami
A Fire Tower looks out
across Florida's prairie.
Gatorama isn't open yet.
Railroad tracks cross
the road in Clewiston.
Eric & I watch a fire burn
& we hope it's a controlled
situation.
A truck loaded with sod
passes our motorhome.
Eric fuels up at the
Pilot Travel Plaza
in Medley.
He's wearing the baseball cap we bought in Skagway, Alaska.
Southern Florida is where
ornamental plants & trees
are grown.
The Homestead-Miami
Speedway Water
Tower
Our drive continues south
on US Route 1.
Eric & I get our first glimpse
of the Atlantic Ocean, just
north of Florida's Keys.
Welcome to Key Largo.
Eric & I are now driving south on the roadway that links 43 of the 1,700 limestone islands that make up the Keys. Many of the islands that make up this archipelago are too small for habitation.
Tavernier Creek Marina
is just one of the numerous
marinas we pass as we
drive south on the Keys.
Access to a fishing pier
just off of US Route 1.
One of the longer bridges
Eric & I drive across.
We are currently 12 feet
above Sea Level.
***Fun Fact: The highest point on the Florida Keys is Windley Key at 18 feet above Sea Level.
The view of old Seven Mile
Bridge from the current
bridge.
A section has been taken
out keep people off the
northern end of the bridge.
This section of bridge reminds
me of the one I love to take
photos in Harrisburg, PA.
Larger keys are more
heavily developed.
New construction on
Visit the Dry Tortugas
National Park is one of
the few billboards on
US Route 1 South in
the Keys.
Eric & I arrive at Boyd's
Campground on Stock
Island at 3:40 pm.
It's time to settle in and enjoy Margaritas after our 6 plus hour drive day.
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