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Originally Posted by fringed n fab
I have yet to find time to make it down to the Keys, I'd even settle for the middle Keys and be happy but when I do go, I want to drive down. Whether it's Rt 41 or I75 to Miami and the Keys, either way it's supposed to be so scenic. I have heard good things about Bahia Honda State Park and the middle keys and wanna go. The Travel Channel is always showing stuff about Florida and theres so much yet to do in this big state. I believe they keep the speed limit at 35 all along the Seven Mile Bridge through the Keys and have heard it takes about 3 hours just to reach Key West from Miami, but the slow drive would seem half the fun! I must go while I'm here already. It's a definite must although I wouldn't trade my SW FL life for one in the Keys. I love the mainland, more to do! lol  |
It depends where you're at in the Keys as to the speed limit. Most of the way it's 55, but big stretches are 45. Through a couple of the little towns, it is indeed 35. Mainly through Big Pine Key and the surrounding Keys, it's 45 or under due to the tiny endangered Key Deer. I want to see one SO BADLY!! Yeah, the drive from Miami is probably closer to 4 hours these days, and traffic is always bumper to bumper. But it's soooo worth doing. Just astoundingly gorgeous! Key Largo is pretty trashy and touristy, but once you get to like Islamorada and below it's breathtaking. I'd never fly directly into Key West... the drive really is part of the experience. Plus, we always stop off and picnic and swim at Bahia Honda, probably the prettiest place I've ever seen. We used to go to the Keys every Summer... I miss them so badly. That's the off season down there, so rooms are dirt cheap. The water is prettiest in late winter through the spring tho, before the seagrass grows in for the summer. Go sometime when you get the chance... you'll not regret it!!
