Day13 26Feb25 - Moving to the southern most point in the continental USA, 90 miles to Cuba

On Wednesday we left for Key West as early as we could manage, a bit before 0600.  We hoped to get to Boyd's campground around 12N but an accident just north of Key Largo added over an hour to the trip. 

We sat there quite a while, people got out of their cars and just sat on the Jersey Barriers.  We turned off the engine and ran the roof air on batteries, just because I could, knowing the batteries will recover when we drive (and when we plug in at the camp ground). 

I popped my head out of the skylight for this picture. When we got moving the north lane was still parked since the accident was in that lane..they might still be there. We later heard that Liz's son, Nick, was stuck there trying to go north. 

The trip to KW is pretty scenic, especially the 7 mile bridge. 

We arrived at Boyd's at around 1300, what should have been a 5.5hr drive took 7.25hrs but we still had plenty of the day left. 

We quickly unloaded the scooter and got settled. The sites at Boyd's are close but everyone has a table and enough space to open your awning. 

We headed for downtown KW to meet John and Mary.  Boyd's is actually on Stock Island, but is the closest campground to KW.  It is about 3 miles to KW, about 5 miles to Mallory Square.  On the scooter it is an easy commute and we don't need to worry about finding a place to park it. 

We were downtown by about 1400 and parked at Mallory Square. We found John and Mary after a bit of looking and cell phone work. My sister refuses to share her location with me, she plays dumb but I know!

The cruise ship is massive.

We enjoyed a drink and listening to music along the water front. 

We enjoyed watching the beautiful ships pass close to the water front, they all blew their horns for the tourists, but this one had a canon...very impressive!

We wandered the streets of KW taking in the people watching and other sites. 

Some people are just silly!

Of course we had to visit Sloppy Joe's. Much to our surprise we were able to walk in and get the only open table in the place.  We had a nice dinner and drinks. 

We eventually made our way back to Mallory Square to be there for the sunset. The entertainers were in the square, but not as many as I recall from 5 years ago, the last time June and I were here. 

The square was crowded but we managed to get to the edge where we could get the sun on our faces.

It is hard to get a picture that looks anywhere near what one experiences but still not bad.

The sunset at KW doesn't disappoint, it was quite beautiful. 

After sunset, John and Mary set out to Uber to their Hotel and we scootered to the campground.  Boyd's was having customer appreciation night with free food and drinks.  June and I walked down to check it out, it was packed.  Since we were full anyway, we just retired to our campsite, it was a long day.

Thursday we have no real plans, but will certainly hang out in KW.