For those of you who are planning a trip Key Largo -- its waaayyy too overly rated. Wasted half a tank of gas. Fortunately I opted for a tinny Chevy Aveo at the rental place.
When I got in last Saturday night, the rental car placed told me the econo car I reserved was not avaible. They were willing to offer me a free "upgrade" to what's available -- an SUV. At first the teenager in me says "cool!!! free upgrade to a cool car". But the cheapo in me took over and told the agent ... NO. With price of gas almost 3$ / gal, I'd have to harvest seaweed for meals for the rest of the trip. So, the Ching came out and demanded an econo car. They looked and looked and found one. It was a car with a few dents that were waiting to go to the body shop. So, we mapped all the dents and I got a car with good mileage. Its nice to not spend 50$ with every refill.
Made the right choice. It was about a 3 hour trip. Mostly stop and go traffic as there is only one road to the Keys. Its a pretty boring trip. Many times, I almost wanted to turn back to the hotel to take a nap. The town itself is also pretty boring. Full of T-shirt / souveneir shops and restaurants that costs an army-&-a-leg to even go in, not to mention partake of their gold plated fish. Needless to say, the instant noodles in my hotel was minus a pack that night.
The only thing I saw that day was stingray and many pelicans.
These pic were from the Biscayne island. An island with upscale living. Needless to say, I stayed long enough to use the bathroom and take a few pics. This is looking at the mainland from Biscayne. The water was very pretty. All shades of blue and green.
Ft Lauderdale and its surrounding cities are full of drawbridges. One goes through many of these driving to town.
So, you are probably falling asleep. So am I as this is one of the boringest trip of my life. Basically eating dust and smelling car exhaust.
Friday, April 27, 2007
D3 -- Key Largoby MonkeyPig (guest blogger)
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OK. I've figured out how to put photos as a link. But, the link is to the entire album. You smart people will figure out. Infact, this is cool. You can see all the pics and not have to read the entire blog.
The Ching in you? It's all about the Ching Bling!
I must not be smart, because when I click on the pelican link I see a pelican that looks completely like a stingray and when I click on the bridge it seems to be submerged under the blue and green of the ocean.
Sorry it was boring for you in Key Largo.
I saw the pelican that looked like a stingray, too.
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