First time in the Florida Keys. We didn't expect this! ???????? How to Travel the Florida Keys.
We spent a few days travelling the Florida Keys thanks to
In our first video of the Keys we start out feeding tarpon (really big fish with no teeth) at a place called Robbie’s Marina in Islamorada. You can find more information here:
Secondly we went the Turtle Hospital, Rescue, Rehab, Release in Marathon. The turtle hospital provide rehabilitation to injured turtles in the area. If possible, they are released back into the ocean once they are treated. We found out loads of information about various types of turtles, the work they do at the hospital, the leading causes of turtle sicknesses and in injuries- and maybe most importantly what everyone can do to help protect our oceans and turtles. Find more information here:
After returning to our hotel, we were surprised with a pickup in a huge stretch limousine! The limo dropped us off at the Florida Keys Brewing Company in Islamorada. Here we got a full tour of the brewery and got to taste a bunch of different beers they produce in their tasting room. Find more information here:
Lastly, because we are in the Florida Keys, we had to try a famous piece of Key Lime Pie. While in Key West we headed over to a well known Key Lime place called Kermit’s Key Lime Shop.
To fine out more information about our trip and what we did, where we stayed and what we ate, check out our blog post:
ABOUT FLORIDA KEYS
The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost portion of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and defining one edge of Florida Bay. At the nearest point, the southern part of Key West is just 90 miles (140 km) from Cuba. The Florida Keys are between about 23.5 and 25.5 degrees North latitude.
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Hurricane Irma Aftermath In the Lower Florida Keys - 9/10/2017
Apocalyptic scene across Florida Keys following devastating storm surge across Big Pine, Bahia Honda, Marathon, Duck, Long, and Lower Matecumbe Keys. Shots of heaps of interlaced debris and destruction, destroyed US Highway 1, stranded boats, obliterated neighborhoods, and scattered vehicles and belongings.
All footage shot during afternoon daylight on September 10, 2017 on/near Big Pine Key, Bahia Honda Key, Vaca Key including the town of Marathon, Duck Key, Long Key, and Lower Matecumbe Key by Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer
Shot List:
1-3. boats stranded on dry US Highway 1 after a significant storm surge swept them onto the highway in Big Pine Key
4 & 5. shots of huge interwoven mass of debris over US Highway 1 in Big Pine Key; Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer were forced to dig and move large areas of debris by hand to progress through the virtual obstacle course to continue moving through the Keys
6. shot of storm surge water and debris flowing over US Highway 1 in Big Pine Key as Hurricane Irma moves away from the Keys
7. shot of wrecked ship from huge storm surge and high winds of Hurricane Irma on Big Pine Key
8. shot of virtual obstacle course of debris on US Highway 1 near Big Pine Key; Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer moved trees and debris by hand to create a path of evacuation from the island
9. SUV wrecked against debarked vegetation following deadly storm surge and intense winds of Hurricane Irma on Big Pine Key
10. Bahia Honda State Park sign surrounded by damage on Bahia Honda Key; there was extensive damage to the state park making some areas nearly unrecognizable and impossible to navigate. Debris from park facilities, campground, and picnic areas were strewn with dead sea life and coral on US Highway 1 from a devastating storm surge.
11. shot of destroyed section of northbound US Highway 1 on Bahia Honda Key; Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer were forced to drive on a pedestrian foot path to navigate around the damaged road
12 & 13. shots of a destroyed SUV from a devastating storm surge on Bahia Honda Key; shows the raw power of a massive storm surge
14-16. various shots of dozens of trailers tossed and destroyed in a trailer park on Bahia Honda Key from powerful high winds
17. obliterated homes in Marathon FL (Vaca Key) from deadly storm surge
18 & 19. shots of roofless auto parts store in Marathon FL
20. homes, outbuildings and furniture scattered on and over US Highway 1 from massive storm surge on Duck Key FL
21. shed moved to opposite side of US Highway 1 from its original site by a powerful storm surge on Duck Key
22. expensive sports car destroyed and mixed with other storm surge debris on US Highway 1 on Long Key FL
23. limousine stranded and damaged in middle of US Highway 1 by devastating storm surge on Lower Matecumbe Key FL
25. House moved nearly a hundred meters from its original foundation across US Highway 1 by a powerful storm surge
26 & 27. SUV, trailer, and large meat smoker stranded and partially buried by deep sand deposits over US Highway 1 on Lower Matecumbe Key
28. front loader moves large deposits of sand from large storm surge on Lower Matecumbe Key
29. pushed-in shot of FIRST outside (the Keys) first responders attempting to go into the Keys. These trucks were followed by long trains of police, fire, and ambulance brigades on their way to help the middle and lower keys.
Key Lime Products, 95231 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo to Tea Table Key, Florida, 3 August 2016, GP165504
Key Lime Products, 95231 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo to Tea Table Key, Florida, 3 August 2016, GP165504
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Flame Tree
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Silver Shores
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American Standard Concrete Billboard
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Key Lime Products, 95231 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037, keylimeproducts.com (305) 853-0378
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Dolphin Children's Montessori, 735 Grouper Ln, Key Largo, FL 33037 (305) 852-2225
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Scaffolds of Florida Inc.
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Key Largo, Florida
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T-Shirt City Sandal Outlet Billboard
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Tiki Water Sports, Inc., 94381 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070 tikiwatersports.com (305) 852-9298
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Toyota
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Ford Van
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Keys Jewish Community Center, 93095 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070 keysjewishcenter.com
(305) 852-5235
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Mercedes
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Burton Memorial United Methodist, 93001 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070 bmumc.net
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Willys Wrangler Jeep
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Tiki Hut Billboard
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Circle K
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Tavernier
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Islamorada
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Snap-on
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FX4
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Local Seafood
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Woods Av & US 1
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SWRT
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School Zone
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DeMoss Financial
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Islamorada Dry Cleaners, The Best of Care for What You Wear
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David Wirth Gallery
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MR
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Cornerstone Construction
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Hurricane Boat Lifts & Dock Supplies
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Marlin
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BAER'S
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BAER'S Quality Furniture & Interior Design for a better lifestyle Truck
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Unit for Rent
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True Value
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FedEx
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Nails
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Johnson's Insurance
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Art Gallery
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Fresh Press Cafe, 305-453-6934
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Brian Veal Painting Inc.
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STS
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Monroe County Public Works
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Vallarta
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T-Shirt City, Sandal Outlet
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Gnarly Marley Gift Company
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Hooked on Books
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Catering, Lunch & Dinner
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Shrimp Shack
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Key Lime Pie
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Cheeca Lodge & Spa
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Matecumbe United Methodist Church
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Kaiyo Grill & Sushi
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Morada Pure
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Fish
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Fish Ma's Camp
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Sid & Rosia's Green Turtle Inn
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First Baptist Church of Islamorada
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Bayview Properties
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Tarpon
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Tea Table Key
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Tea Table Channel
Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)