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Day 67: Funnel Cloud and Squishy Sand.
Today was out last full day here at Long Key State Park and we were determined to make the best of it. Even with those gloomy dark clouds out there in the distance.
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Day 66: Just another day at the beach.
Since we’ve been on our cross-country road trip, we have had times where we felt like we had to go-go-go and then there are times when we just want to hunker down and enjoy our campground. And at Long Key State Park, we felt that the latter was necessary.
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Day 65: Long Key State Park.
Today as we were packing up to head out of Sunshine Key Resort, Dan ran into a little issue. The tongue jack stopped working. Oh oh. The jack would not lift up with the aid of a little handy dandy switch. Today Dan had to do it manually. And finally put those muscles to work! So he had to remove the propane cover, bust out a little tool that’s been sitting in our bumper storage compartment and crank that sucker by hand. And all together now…. ahhhh, poor Dan.
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Day 64: Bahia Honda State Park.
Sunshine Key RV Resort is just outside of the very popular Bahia Honda State Park and a lot of people stay here while waiting for the walk-in sites to open up. Since we are only staying here for 3 days before moving on to Long Key, we didn’t really have the time to play campground roulette so we decided to check out Bahia Honda just for the afternoon on our last day here.
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Day 63: Key West, Florida AKA The Conch Republic.
This little trip we are on started out with just a casual statement one of us made to the other probably in a lazy California afternoon: Let’s drive to Key West and come back. Many days and many more miles later, we can officially strike that one off of our list today.
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Day 62: Sunshine Key RV Resort.
Today we packed up the Airstream to head further down the Keys. But not into the unknown as usual. Everyone warned us about how crowded the keys are this time of year so we made reservations for all 9 days just to be on the safe side. Even though we booked these sites a couple months ago, it was still nearly impossible to find spots. So during these 9 days, we have reservations at 3 different campgrounds.
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Day 61: John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
Since yesterday was a beach day bust due to Ava being sick and super crazy winds, today we were determined to venture outdoors more than ever… just as soon as I can get poor Mila out from under the dinette. Hehe. One of these days she will learn how to scoot herself forwards instead of just backwards.
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Day 60: Key Largo, the windy city.
Our first morning in the Florida Keys started out with Ava taking an early morning nap. Something she hasn’t done in over a year. Weird, right? We thought so too. She is a tough little cookie when it comes to telling us about her being sick mostly because she is not a big fan of doctor’s visits. Like most kids, she thinks: Doctors = Shots.
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Day 59: Key Largo bound and jet lagged.
Our 10 days in California came and went. We got a chance to borrow a car to go home for a day and Ava got a chance to have several play dates with her friends and cousins. Having been gone for nearly 2 months, we didn’t know what to expect. The answer is… Nothing. Everything is still exactly the same as they were two months ago.
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Day 58: A vacation from our vacation.
Our last day in Boca Raton before our intermission trip we decided to head out to a cool place by the beach called Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Just like Sugar Sand Park from yesterday, this is another gem of a place for kids that runs off of visitor donations. This time, Marlene stayed back to tidy things up in the Airstream and to magically pack everything the 4 of us will need for 10 days into one check-in suitcase. Good luck.
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Day 57: Driveway living in Boca Raton.
For the second time on our trip, we are sleeping on a friend’s driveway. Our last courtesy parking was only for one night in Arizona right before we headed out to Bisbee. Here in Boca Raton however, we are staying initially for 2 nights and Yoda will be holding down the fort alone in the trailer here for another 10 days while we fly home. Of course Paul has graciously agreed to keep an eye on her.
