Friday, November 10, 2023

11/2 Florida Keys tour

Breakfast was pushed to 8:00, so a lazy start to the day. Called Pennekamp State Park about kayaking; they said to call back in an hour, because they hadn't decided whether to cancel. Called again at 9:00, and they said only strong paddlers. We trekked back to the park, because even if the kayaking was canceled, it looked like an interesting place. 

After some deliberation, we decided not to kayak. The wind had completely puffed up the surf water, which would have made it difficult to see anything. In the first photo, you can see the calm provided by the mangroves to the left. We watched a movie about the Keys and watched a presentation about how to ID reef fish. Then we looked around the visitor center ate lunch and hiked their only real hiking trail, called the Tamaran trail. Ate a very early dinner at Fish Restaurant, which had clever "porthole windows", with ocean videos playing in them, then returned to camp to shower, do laundry and clean up.


 




Tough to see the coconut! The vegetation has grown around it to the left.

 

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