Snow?! 27C here...

Well, with a heads up from Tim and Lou I've been having a look at the pics on the BBC website only to see alot of England covered in snow! Home now feel's like a long way away as we're sitting on a campsite on a beech about 14miles north of Key West in Florida. In Fact, today we hit the southern most point of the continental US, only 90 miles away from Cuba. We've spent the whole day in shorts and t-shirts and even now I'm sitting here in my new Portal Tek t-shirt and my tracksuit trousers - but the long trousers are only 'cos of the midges! It's a bit warm.

On our way here we checked out the Everglades National Park. This is a pretty amazing place, what looks like grassland is actually water filled with and immense amout of wildlife. We decided to start with a short couple of walks as recommended by a ranger, only to come across more types of birds and fish than I could count and some pretty large Alligators - some of which lieing only a few feet away from the path! The ranger told us not to worry though, they won't bother you on land. Mm. Ok! lol!





We then headed down to Flamingo at the southernmost end of the NP and camped on a beautiful campsite amoungst the palm trees and on the edge of the Mangroves. As we pulled up the midge-meter was at it's lowest reading which made us happy - but we covered up and put on the bug spray anyway. The next morning I jumped in the shower only to find several hundered bites :( Litterally. Apparently my walking trousers are not mosquito proof, it's so bad I even got sympathy from Dan! lol!

Cooking under tha palm trees:


Several minutes was spent applying bite cream and a copious amout of midge spray before we wandered down to the Marina to take a boat tour out into the park proper. We were lucky and saw lots of American Crocodile, there are less than 900 of these remaining. They're pretty big!

Later that day we headed out towards the Key's and stayed the night in a state park. Whereas camping had previously been costing about $14 in state parks it was now $32, you can tell you're getting near the keys! Today we headed down the amazing drive down here over countless bridges and lots of blue ocean to end up just north of Key West. We've booked into the KOA here (as it has it's own bar and beech!) and are planning a day off tomorrow and checking out Key West the day after.

Lunch on the beech at Key West:


After that small rest we're heading back up north starting our return journey to New York... although we've loved every minute of the trip I think we're both looking forward to coming home.