Day 23 - August 28 The Southern Most

We set out from Vero Beach at 7:50am for a breakfast date with our friend Stumpy in Port Lucie.  It was a beautiful morning.  Despite the weather reports that were calling for rain, we opted for no rain gear in part because what Torrey said yesterday was true.  The humidity make the moisture on the inside of the rain gear make you as wet as you would get in the rain anyway. The locals are a good frame of reference for us as well and nobody was wearing rain gear yesterday.

Our visit with Stumpy was brief. The dark gray clouds were so large that they grabbed our attention.  Luckily for us the road turned away from the dark clouds and we continued on with our sunny day.  The Florida turnpike was our route to get to South Florida.  As we approached the toll gate at Miami we hit a little sprinkle of rain, but it didn't warrant busting out the rain gear.  It was actually the second sprinkling of the day.  Our plan to follow the lead of the locals and skip the rain gear worked well. Before leaving the mainland for the Florida Keys, we stopped at the Southern Most HD of the contiguous 48 states. This makes the third of four parts in reaching Torrey's goal.

As we started across the Keys the wind was noticeable.  It thinking back, we hadn't really faced much in the way of wind.  The breeze felt nice as the humidity of the past few days was intense.  There are many bridges that connect the Keys.  The water is a green color in area.  We enjoyed a late lunch in Islamorada, in the middle Keys.

The most notable bridge in the Keys is the 7 Mile Bridge.  After we crossed it, we noticed peacocks and iguanas were the road side animals that we needed to keep an eye out for. 

Following our check-in at the Conch House B&B, the pool was next on the agenda.  We headed out to Duval St to see what there was to see.  We made sure to hit Sloppy Joe's, the HD store, Hog's Breath and Mallory Square. Of course in the process, there was a little bit of pub crawling too.

Total miles traveled today: 325.2 miles;
Time to travel that distance: 9.5 hours;
Total Cumulative miles: 8517.2
Tomorrow: Key West Day of Rest