Saturday morning we slept in and enjoyed the hotel breakfast around the pool that was just outside our door. We took this time to plan out our strategy for the day.
First up: The Southernmost Point of the Continental US.
It was crazy hot but we didn't care, we had to see it, two southern points of two different continents in two months.
Second: The Original Margaritaville.
After walking around in the heat, we decided to cool off with drinks & lunch at Margaritaville. We couldn't come all the way to Key West and not stop here!
Then: Mallory Square.
We didn't get to enjoy the sunset from here but we have to at least go over and check it out before we headed north.
Next: Key West Key Lime Pie Co.
There was no way we were going a day without Key Lime Pie especially if we were in the Capital of Key Lime Pies! This place has been featured on tons of tv shows, won many awards and was really good.
Finally: Mile Marker "0"
One more place that you can't leave Key West without seeing. This area was a lot quieter then I had expected except for all the roosters.
After all the touring around the Key's, it was time to finish our drive up the coast. But before we got on the road, we stopped at Midway Cafe for a great breakfast.
We had a fantastic time drive with the top down, hanging out, laughing and just talking. Once we made it to Homestead, FL, we took Terri on yet another random, weird Castro find, Coral Castle.
This place is absolutely worth it! It is just amazing. This tiny little dude built all of this for his finace that stood him up the day before there wedding. He never won her back but what he was able to create was truly amazing. I loved this place.
Our final stop on our drive today was South Beach. It started to rain off and on but we weren't going to let that stop us. We walked around, people watched, did a little shopping, checked out Wet Willy's, and the Art Deco area.
We have a super early morning so we had a great last meal at Larios On The Beach, and took one last troll down Ocean Dr.
Sunday morning, we were up so early that the valet & hotel front desk employees were both still sleeping. We made it to the Ft Lauderdale airport with plenty of time before our flight and landed at BWI with no issue.
Since we had the entire day, we decided to explore the local area a little. First order of business, breakfast! We found some really fantastic places to try but continued to strike out. We settled on Sofi's Crepes in Annapolis.
They were good and it was great to be able to sit outside and relax and eat but we definitely regretted our crepe decision when we happened upon at the Greek Festival. We were too full to get all the fantastic looking and smelling food they were serving for lunch, but we powered through and tried a few of there pastries. SO GOOD!
After the Greek Festival, we dropped Terri off at her car and we took off separate ways (heading to the same final destination). Jed and I had to drive through Fredericksburg for Carl's ice cream and La Pizzera pizza before we finished our drive home.
It was such a fantastic trip and I hope we didn't wear out Terri too much. There are plenty of other places that we need to explore together.
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