On the day after the wedding we took my mother and my middle child on a trip to the Florida Keys. We didn’t go all the way to Key West. We stopped at Islamorada. We went to the “Theater of the Sea” there. They have displays by sea lions and dolphins as well as turtles, parrots, iguanas, sharks and alligators.
Sea Lion
Stroking a (very small) shark
An egret on a pole
After enjoying the displays we went on to the Hurricane Memorial, but everyone refused to get out of the car to see it any closer than the parking bay next to it. We then went on down a side road until we could see the sea.
The beach we reached was presumably private, but we didn’t do anything other than walk down to the water’s edge and take a few pictures. The sea was dead calm. The sand was fine and white, it looked like the Caribbean.
We then drove back north. However we wanted to experience more of the Keys. I suggested that the Keys were famous for Key Lime Pie so we should stop and try some. We reached a place called the “Key Lime Store” outside Key Largo. This was really fun and kitsch but did not have anywhere where we could sit and eat Key Lime Pie. A few miles further on we came to a lovely little traditional US diner called DJ’s on the overseas highway 1 where we got slice of Key Lime Pie to share and coffee (daughter had a HUGE brownie instead of the pie). This place was clean and quiet, service was excellent too. While in Key Largo we were amused by the signs directing us to “The Church of God” – we wondered WHICH god they were referring to.
We then drove back to Weston, stopping at “Chili’s” for our evening meal.
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