I am so excited to explore a part of Florida I have wanted to see for the longest time, South Florida. I lived in Central Florida for many years and didn't get the chance to see the Florida Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, or the Keys.
My mom and I are starting in Fort Lauderdale visiting with a friend from Hawaii hopefully stand up paddle boarding, then we head to Key Largo for some beach time and snorkeling. In Key Largo we will be camping for two nights and hopefully making some friends with the locals to get a ride on their boat, here's to hoping! After two days in Key Largo exploring the upper and mid keys we head to Key West, the southern most point of the continental United States. We will overnight at Key West Hostel for one night to explore Duval Street, Hemingway's house, and hopefully find a cigar bar to relax at. Post Key West we head back north to the Florida Everglades where we will spend Christmas Eve Eve (my favorite holiday of the season), Christmas Eve and Christmas day at Everglades Hostel and Tours in Homestead, FL. The hostel offers half and full day kayak tours of the Everglades paddling through saw grass prairies and mangrove tunnels, so we are plan on taking advantage of that. December 26, we head to Miami to explore Little Havana and eat some delicious Cuban food that Anthony Bourdain told me about, tour the Art Deco District and soak up some more sun on South Beach. We'll crash at an Air Bnb for the night, then the next morning I'll drop her off at the airport to fly home to Hawaii. I continue on with my South Florida tour.
The plan right now is to head west from Miami on SR41 through Big Cypress Natural Preserve and end up in Naples for a visit with two friends for a few days, maybe stand up paddle board there too. After a fun visit in Naples, I head to St. Petersburg to hang out with an old colleague from my hotel days to ring in the new year with George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. What happens in between is a mystery, but I know it will be a blast.
Is there anywhere that I must see or do while I am on this trip? I'll post reviews and how-to's on my adventure around South Florida, so stay tuned!
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