So the road trip started today, we left Fort Lauterdale at around nine in the morning, and drove down through Miami, we didn't have time to stop in Miami but we got a few photos of the city before it started to rain as if a hurricane had just hit us. The car is very comfortable and the aircon was so cool that it made it very surprising to get out of the car and feel the heat suddenly, it got up to around 30 degrees today, but everywhere had air conditioning, which made it easier.
Driving through the keys, it seemed not very densely populated, and for the most part it wasn't, at least until we got to Key west. It's certainly the vegas of the tropics here, and with all the bikers around it makes it even more so. There was recently a "Harley Davidson Poker Run" which went from Miami down to Key West, which was a long drive where bikers would stop and get poker cards along the way, and the winner would be whoever had the best poker hand at the end of the run. Most of the bikers had left, seeing the poker run finished yesterday, but there were still quite a few around, and the place was fairly popular and busy.
There wasn't a huge amount to see here in Key west, and msot of it had to do with the writer Ernest Hemingway, who lived in Key west during the 1930's, we saw his old house, and the bar where he used to drink. (fun stuff :P) During the day we didn't really see anything else, but tonight we got to see a beautiful sunset, and quite an entertaining show done by "Mark" who rode on his suicycle (a very tall unicycle) and told quite funny jokes, which are unfortunately too rude for me to say. Hoping for good weather for the coming days, and looking forward to another good drive tomorrow.
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