Florida Diving Trip(2012) -- Day 2

Tuesday -- 7am

Still congested. Brad and I agreed that I shouldn't dive today. Extra sleep for me.

8:30am
I've managed to get up, shower, and have coffee and a scone. All without hilarious incident.
The view out the front door is... okay
The view 50 metres out back is somewhat more inspiring
Morning Coffee Companion
Proof of manly shopping expedition

2pm

Brad back from Diving. He reports that the diving was excellent and that there were a lot more fish on his first dive than we saw at the most fishy dive in Honduras. I'm excited to see if his stories live up to the tale. Brad can be given to such exaggeration.

We went and found a local grocery store and stocked up on fresh produce and some bread. Tomorrow we will be barbecuing.

4pm

Drove into Miami (an hour 1-way). We checked out a couple of stores that sell board/card games and found one to play when we are stopped places for coffee or to sponge free wifi.

Additional pictures from this trip may be found here.

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VIAJANDO E PULANDO said…
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5:28 pm
Bill said…
I see what appears to be Boylan's Soda. Good choice.
5:59 pm
captainorange said…
Bill, you are correct. Both orange cream soda and ginger ale.
6:06 pm
handwing said…
Boylan's is the Official Soda of James and Jaime's Honeymoon. I was smack in the middle of my "Cane Sugar" renaissance and we discovered said sodas at a highwayside corn maze and general store. If they had any in Saskatoon at that point, I didn't know it. What's the shopping like where you are? Punta Cana had a puny onsite store that kinda just made you feel like an ass for paying $5 for a tube of Mentos when you could have chocolate bread and virgin daquiris for "free" virtually all day long.
10:53 am
captainorange said…
It looks and feels like a small resort town, but there are grocery stores and pharmacies. There are a few chain restaurants to keep the locals in line :)

The most interesting thing about Key Largo is that, because it in on the keys, it is a strip of city. A highway runs straight through town and, if you can see through the very thick vegetation, there is water quite near by. It is about 53km long and between .5 and 2km wide. FYI, the 'height of land' is 4.6m :)
3:11 pm
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