Trip to the Keys

Wow...it has been a month since our last posting. We all left St. Louis for Sugarloaf Key, Florida on the morning of February 18. Zuzu and Tootie were real troopers on the trip. We transformed the back of the Element into a kennel on wheels where they slept, ate, and enjoyed the passing scenery.

We decided to push on through the night, taking a few breaks at Rest Areas in Florida. After a brief nap in a Rest Area south of Orlando on the Florida Turnpike, we were ready to continue our journey south towards Miami. We took a quick potty break at Snapper Creek Rest Area in Kendall. Next stop, Florida City for fuel before crossing the 18-mile stretch to Key Largo.

It was a cool and cloudy day, not at all a typically warm and sunny Florida day. We stopped at the picnic area in Islamorada on Lower Matecumbe Key for lunch before making the final push to mile marker 17 and home on Starfish Lane.