[Pipe_Dream]

It's wonderful there. Fish, eat, and drink. What's not to love?

We stayed at Mariner's in Key Largo. One day the weather didn't look good, so we drove to Key West to see how much it had changed (I hadn't been there since 1989). To be honest, I saw enough and don't need to go back. Cruise ship had docked and the streets were crowded. The charm that I remember wasn't in evidence this time. Time changes perspective, too, though, and maybe I overlooked things in my 20s that I don't so easily overlook today. Plus, in my 20s I stayed with friends who lived there. This time I was just another tourist. The drive down (on a Wednesday) was in fairly heavy traffic. Big Pine Key was mostly brown, I think the salt water from Irma killed a lot of trees. Anyway, we drove down and back in a day, and I really don't need to go south of 7 mile bridge any time in the near future. Islamorada is where it's at.