8/27/2023 0 Comments Tio key west beaches![]() We spent three days of our trip in Florida in Key West on a very strict pina colada diet. We got to Key West a little after lunch, spent the afternoon at the beach, checked into our hotel (and took a nice long, well deserved hotel nap) and then headed out to Duval Street for dinner and drinks.įLORIDA ROAD TRIP DAYS TWO AND THREE: KEY WEST Our first stop in Florida was in Islamorada for some Bloodline fangirling (our Bloodline pit stop was not intentional, but we did finish the first season before our trip), then breakfast burritos and coffee at Midway Cafe.Īfter breakfast, we took a beach break at Long Key State Park (which at the time we were unaware that Bloodline was also filmed there so more fangirling), for a little dip and some reading until a summer shower motivated us to get back in the car and knock out the last two hours of our Florida Keys road trip to Key West. The drive from Miami to Key West was smooth and we got to the Keys just in time for breakfast. (We also learned in the middle of the night that there are a lack of 24 hour gas stations off of I-95 in Georgia. He did a lot of the driving I took the first leg of our East Coast road trip, Charlotte to Savannah, and then opted for some car sleeping, waking up just in time to experience Miami’s morning rush hour. ![]() The first day was definitely the roughest day driving to Florida because 886 miles of driving is a lot of driving.ĪJ does not like to waste a vacation day traveling (I mean, who does?) so it was his idea for us to leave Thursday night after work and drive straight through to Florida. While we spent 10 days exploring Florida (one of those days was driving from Charlotte to Key West,) this itinerary can be easily modified to a Florida road trip for just 1 week by shortening your time in Key West or the Florida Keys, cutting out Miami or Orlando, or having a shorter driving distance than North Carolina to South Florida!įLORIDA ROAD TRIP, DAY ONE: CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA TO KEY WEST, FLORIDA: 13 HOURS ![]() So we took a week off from work, packed up our new Jeep, and headed south on I-77 from North Carolina to Florida on our ten day Florida road trip! When talking about vacation this year, we had been tossing around the idea of going out west to Yellowstone and the Tetons, but as we were sitting in a car dealership about to sign paperwork for a new car in April, we decided that an East Coast, driving distance option, may be a better idea for 2017. I’m going to keep this intro short and sweet because you’re in for a long one today (we’re almost at 2,000 words, but I wanted to keep our Florida road trip all in one post so bear with me)!ĪJ and I planned our first vacation in two years that didn’t involve a friend’s wedding ( we love friends and weddings but regular vacation is just plain great!). Read about where we went, what we did, and of course, what we ate, on our ten day Florida Road Trip! ![]() Augustine and Jacksonville, can easily be adjusted for 1 week or 10 days. In early June we packed the car and headed south from North Carolina to Florida for a ten day adventure full of sun, sand, and surf in the Sunshine State! Our Florida road trip itinerary, with stops in The Keys, Key West, Miami, Orlando, St. ![]()
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