Heading south, we drove through miles of sugar cane farms to Lake Placid, the town of murals. There are all kinds of beautiful realistic looking murals on all the commercial buildings in town. It was fascinating to see!
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| the Boy Scouts building mural |
We went into Miami the next day. The city was just like we imagined, brightly colored buildings and all kinds of palm trees everywhere. It reminded us of Baja. We had to use our Spanish when we stopped at a Cuban place for lunch, I also had a fresh coconut. Yummy!
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| Ropa Vieja with rice, beans and fried plantains |
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| fresh squeezed mango, pineapple, and sugarcane juice |
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| Cuban sandwich |
Then we spent the afternoon at Miami Beach and enjoyed the sun, waves, and sand. The water was clear and such a pretty shade of turquoise! It was a great way to say goodbye to the Atlantic Ocean.
After the beach we had some delicious Cuban coffee with milk. It was strong, sweet, hot, and really hit the spot.
The next day we headed into the Keys. Our first stop was in Key Largo, where we went on a glass bottom boat out to the coral reef. The water was clear and the color of turquoise. It was beautiful and we saw lots of corals, fish, a shark, jellyfish, and even a sea turtle!
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| some fish and corals |
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| the mangroves along the coast |
Afterwards, we drove down the Overseas Highway through the keys. I was apprehensive about the 7 mile bridge and driving for two hours over so much water, but it ended up to be really easy.
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| a small island off the coast |
Then we had some conch fritters with key lime mustard sauce. They were wonderful, and not at all fishy!
The next day we headed to the southernmost point of the continental US, which is in Key West,
and then it was time to head back up that long overseas highway to the mainland.
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