A Trip Down to the Keys

I love tropical places, so I was really excited on December 21st when we made it down to Longkey, Florida. It was a 158 miles over to the Fiesta Key RV Resort. Plus, its a Passport America campground - so 50% off our two night stay!

Not to shabby

An added bonus was that there was another full=timing family there so the boys got to play with some other kids at the pool!

On the 23rd we hopped back on the road to make it to our ultimate Keys destination - Boyd's Campground in Key West. It's only another 66 miles, and thankfully for us the roads were clear, but let me tell you - if there is any kind of accident the traffic backs up. The North bound lanes were at a standstill most of the time we headed South.

Have I died and gone to heaven?

Now, this is no Passport America resort. You pay for the location. You pay a lot. But it's good to splurge every so often, you know? And for me? This spot was so very worth it. And the weather? Amazing. And the scenery? Unforgetable.

The first night we were there, we strolled just down the road for some gluten free pizza goodness at Roostica. An aptly named place considering the number of wild roosters that stroll by you everywhere in Key West.

Emma likes to go out too!

Another thing about the Keys that we all really enjoyed were the wild Iguanas. Some of these guys are just HUGE. And they are everywhere! This one was right by the Beaver, and there was another one just around the corner at the same time.

How you doin'?

I was really excited for another Groupon great find - a 90 minute private sail around the keys with Sunset Sail Key West on the morning of Christmas Eve. We've been throwing around the idea of eventually doing the same thing we're doing with an RV, but on a sail boat. So this was a great introduction to sailing for the boys. It was an amazing experience, one I don't think any of us will forget.

Does this remind anyone else of an 80's movie?

The RV resort really got into the spirit and even stuff a poor old couple into costumes - in the 80+ degree weather! It was cute though, they rode around on the back of a golf cart handing out candy.

Hudson was wary though

We continued our Christmas Eve tradition of Chinese food for dinner. Not a usual tradition though - fishing off the pier behind our home. The boys caught a ridiculous amount of fish!

This is the life

I was a little concerned about having Christmas morning in an RV, it's just not our norm. I've got to say, it was every bit as enjoyable as a house. It's really not the location, it's the people that you're with.

Christmas morning smiles

I had thought doing the whole Christmas turkey dinner thing. But at 80 degrees outside? It didn't even sound enjoyable. So instead we headed to downtown Key West and had an amazing Christmas brunch at a little place called Azur.

Cheers

After we ate we strolled around Key West. You might think that with it being Christmas day that it would be pretty quite. You would be mistaken. Nearly every place was open and there were crowds everywhere.We wanted to get a picture at the Southernmost Point, but there was actually a line around the block. So we settled for a picture at the Southernmost house :)

Good enough

Random large metal chicken, and goofy boy

Why are we taking this picture Mom?