FLORIDA ADVENTURE DAY 2
(Thursday) Today we drove through Miami and then down US 1, through the Keys, and tonight we're in Key West -- the most southern point in the continental US. Key West is an interesting place -- a combination of Carmel, New Orleans, Murphys, and Santa Cruz. Beautiful -- but I wouldn't call it a family place -- loud, raucous, with lots of beer spilling out onto the street.

I've learned a lot today: there are crocodiles AND alligators in Florida, cruise ships can go in reverse (we watched one do so), key lime pie is available everywhere on the Keys (although we've yet to see a lime tree), there are at least two kinds of plantanas (we tried the green and the sweet), just like at home every third radio station is for Spanish speakers, contrary to popular belief we don't have ALL the fruits and nuts in California...