Location: Best Western, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Today was our last day in the Keys so we got up to watch the sunrise on the beach. A beautiful sunrise it was too! Goodbye, Florida Keys, we had a great time, we'll be back for sure.
We had two things to do before we left The Keys. The first, was to locate the filming site from the Netflix series, "Bloodline". We became addicted to watching this show and were curious where in the Keys it took place. Through a little bit of sleuthing, we found it on Islamorada Keys. It's a very posh "Village and Spa" with lots of no trespassing signs. Pishaw...we decided to unload our bikes and ride undercover. I took a couple of pics of the famous curved palm tree and the dock. Cool place for sure, but probably a little more pricey than our camping spots. I think the Plantation House rents out $2900 per night.
The other thing we had to do before leaving The Keys was have a piece of key lime pie. (I mean a girl can only resist all those billboards tempting you for so long!) What better time than for breakfast. We stopped at a colorful and very busy roadside bakery/restaurant. Ned was a traditionalist and went for a slice of Key Lime Pie, while I went rogue and tried the Key Lime muffin. Ned handily won this round. The muffin was really an angel food cake with no trace of lime. Meh. Ned, always taking one for the team, decided we should share. The pie was delicious:)
Our plan was to find an RV park as close to Ft. Lauderdale Airport as possible. We perused the County Park, but the concrete pads baking in the sun weren't convincing. We did a quick YELP search and decided upon the Yacht Haven RV Park. We were thrilled that they had a pool and a laundry mat, but the real clincher was their ad copy, "A tropical breeze caresses your face. The taste of salt is in the air. Each breath you take is deeper than the last. As you close your eyes you hear the slight rustle of palm leaves and your senses are filled with an image of nature's opulence...Yacht Haven Park where you want to be." Sign me up coach.
Besides, who could resist this dapper looking fellow!
In reality this was a full-time trailer park and storage. Yacht Haven, how about Yacht Heaven - where old motorhomes go to die. We paid our $42 bucks and were assigned the most pathetic little patch of asphalt you have ever seen. The bathrooms were a joke, the pool was excessively warm and a mouse ran across the outside laundry room. Our van thermometer read 104 deg outside and 107 inside the van. Ned is the most patient man in the world, but even he has his limits. As we were sitting there dripping wet with sweat waiting for the laundry, Ned said, "Let's get the hell out of here. Screw the 42 bucks, I want out." So we picked up our wet laundry, loaded up the van, and hightailed it outta there. A quick phone call to my sis LInda confirmed where they were staying for the night.
In retrospect I don't know why we didn't just stay here in the first place! We finished up our laundry at the Best Western, enjoyed a quick dip in the refreshing pool and the best part was spending time with Gary and Linda. We went out to dinner and started planning our strategy for our Dominican Republic adventure. Here's Linda and I being eaten by a shark outside the restaurant. Fortunately our brave men saved us. We live another day.
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