It's a long way south of the 49th parallel and the temp is always around 28c. What a ride it was on the trikes, it was so nice that we plan on riding the 160 km's down to Key West on Jan 02, 2008. There are about 22 bridges, the longest being 11.5 km's long, and is it ever neat to be able to see the Atlantic Ocean on one side of you and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. Key West sure does have some interesting history,
we took a tour train called the Conch Train 
around the town for 1 1/2 hours and it was well worth it, got to see a lot more than we would have on our own. 
We stopped for lunch at a Restaurant called "Red Fish Blue Fish" 
and Rick finally got his raw oysters on the half shell. 
He shared them with Dennis and to tasty them up he put horse radish with seafood sauce and lemon on them, yummy. Ya right, Myrna and I were not impressed! 
After the tour we did some browsing and Myrna did shop.
Duval Street is considered the longest road in the world as it stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico! Wow it is about 6 blocks long. 
Mile O of Hwy 1 begins and ends there. Key West is the most southerly point in the US and is 90 miles from Cuba.
Irene found her new monopod very useful for photography on the trike.On the way back to the campground we stopped at a seafood buffet that boasts 80 items on the menu. Whale Harbour Seafood Buffet, not cheap but worth the stop. Once again Dennis and Rick got into the raw oysters and mussels.
A momentous occasion - have you ever seen Dennis putting on sun tan lotion? He got a sunburned foot and Rick got his knee burnt, but we aren't really complaining.
It is so beautiful at our campground, it is currently 9 a.m. and the temperature is 25C in full sun.
We are sitting outside planning our next few weeks and posting this blog.
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