Florida Keys @ Christmas 2016
We have never been. Pulling 5th wheel 32ft. Not very good at backing. What campgrounds would yall recommend? Is 1 week long enough from eastern nc to the keys? Would like to travel all the way so...
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Some thoughts:
We live in the NC mountains and have wintered in the Florida Keys for many years
Our distance is just about the same as yours to get to Key Largo which is the first of the Keys.
We take two days to get there and naturally two to get back.
The Keys are great for only four things:
1. Warm weather in the winter
2. Kayaking or other forms of boating
3. Fishing
4. Drinking and partying
We are hard core kayakers and explorers so we winter there for numbers 1 and 2
If you are expecting beaches like you have along the NC coast or any
others along the Atlantic don't waste your time. Even Bahia Honda which has the best beach in the Keys is a zero compared to those along the east and west coasts of Florida or NC.
Key West (the tourist trap) is good for a once in a life time day trip unless you enjoy NO.4
There are a few places like the "Dolphin Research Center" where you can pay an arm and a leg to get in the water with one, but I have yet to figure out what kind of research they do accept collect money from tourists.
Jack L
We live in the NC mountains and have wintered in the Florida Keys for many years
Our distance is just about the same as yours to get to Key Largo which is the first of the Keys.
We take two days to get there and naturally two to get back.
The Keys are great for only four things:
1. Warm weather in the winter
2. Kayaking or other forms of boating
3. Fishing
4. Drinking and partying
We are hard core kayakers and explorers so we winter there for numbers 1 and 2
If you are expecting beaches like you have along the NC coast or any
others along the Atlantic don't waste your time. Even Bahia Honda which has the best beach in the Keys is a zero compared to those along the east and west coasts of Florida or NC.
Key West (the tourist trap) is good for a once in a life time day trip unless you enjoy NO.4
There are a few places like the "Dolphin Research Center" where you can pay an arm and a leg to get in the water with one, but I have yet to figure out what kind of research they do accept collect money from tourists.
Jack L
