The Florida Keys

Traveling
We are on our final night of a two week stay on the Florida Keys.  We count our blessings that we were able to make reservations for a few days each at three state parks in the Keys since they are very hard to get into.  Each was unique in its own way.  The whole two weeks the temperature was around 84 with only a few rain showers one day. Our first stop in the Keys was at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo.  It is the first undersea park in the United States.  It is THE place to go if you enjoy snorkeling or scuba diving.  We didn’t try either.  Someday when we don’t have our sweet old dog with us we will try the snorkeling.  …
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South Miami

Traveling
After two weeks we are getting ready to leave one of the most comfortable RV Parks that we have stayed at, Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park & Campground, in Miami.  The sites were spacious and we were surrounded by avocado and live oak trees.  I tried to get Joe to like avocados since you could pick them off the ground or from the trees.  There are 240 sites sitting on 275 acres of preserved woodlands. There is also a nice paved 2.5 mile bike trail around a small lake.  The CG was set up different than we have seen before.  There were 11 pods with 20 sites in each pod.  The pods are in a circle with an inner and outer circle.  Because of this set-up the outer sites…
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