Thanks for following along guys! I'll start with the stats of the day
230ish miles
Left at 7am got back at 4pm
Things started getting real pretty at Bahia Honda state park
A railroad was built across the bay around 1900.
Bahia Honda means deep bay 30 feet it said. Some days crew worked only two 45min shift timing the tides.
Pretty beaches here
I stopped in Marathon and ordered my wife's valentine present. Hers will be early this year.
Keys fisheries. Tomorrow for supper she'll have Mahi Mahi fish dip, conch ceviche, shrimp and a key lime pie.
After I placed the order it was on to Key West. It's a beautiful ride and traffic wasn't that bad and the views were great.
Key West is a zoo with people instead of animals. This is as close as I could get to the bouy.
People wall to wall. Cruise ships must have been there. I drove by Hemingways house to many people. A trolley driver came by pulling 3 loaded cars full of people and he was saying this is the southern most point in the Continental US and that is the most illegal parked motorcycle in key west. I turned around and raised my arms and said take a picture. The people thought it was funny. Key West had to many people. I live on a 116 acre farm with a house in the middle so I wasn't gonna stick around. I stated taking side streets to get away from everyone. I drove by this place and spicy meat aroma made me find a parking spot. It's a 24 hour laundrymat/restaurant
I placed an order and then met some locals
This is Rick he asked me if I wanted a shot?
Sure what is it.
Colada Cuban coffee like expresso on steroids. It was good too. Had a nice chat with Rick originally from Boston been living here for a dozen years.
Rick went back to work and my order was up. Grilled chops,yellow rice,black beans,plantain,Cuban bread and man was it good. This was a local place that I just happen to stumble on. Cool part of my day
After I ate on the way back I hung a left on deer key. Being a country boy little deer would be like going to the circus. It didn't take long was I was on the preserve to see some
Momma here is about the size of a small German Shepard. If little people had a pet deer this is what they want. Politically correct?
I stopped at a blue hole, brackish water that the deer and other wildlife live on. This one had 2 alligators in it.
After I left here I stopped back by the Key Fisheries to get a tracking numbers for my wife's dinner and couldn't resist not eating again
Conch fritters
First time for me and very tasty!
I rode on back to camp. This is my neighbors camp. He and his wife have been coming here for ten years. They stay the month of Feb.
They have quite the pad. Nice cots in tent,freezer and refrig,TV gas grill. Good to see people enjoying their old age. Nice North Carolina couple who both grew up in the glades. He lets me use his frig too.
Well that was good day! If the ocean cooperates I may go back to the state park and do a snorkel trip tomorrow. The water here is to pretty not to be on it.
swamp on both sides of the road. 
