This was our last full day in Florida. We left the resort in the morning and took some time at John C Pennekamp state park, reading and relaxing. Then we drove up to Miami and checked into our last hotel. We tried watching Tenet, which I had started on the plane to Florida, but didn't get to finish it. The streaming on the TV in the room was really bad, the voices coming in a full 2 seconds before anyone's mouth moved. I did pull it up on my phone and finished watching the movie on my very small screen. It's a movie that needs a couple of watches to get what is going on, kind of like Primer (a time manipulation movie that hardly anyone has heard of, but I think of it often).
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| last chance to watch a sunrise. We tried a couple of times, but most of the time, there were clouds on the horizon. Finally we had a clear horizon. |
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| Getting close |
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| Just about to |
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| pop! |
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| The birds were frolicking. |
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| And it's fully up and radiating orange. |
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| Midway cafe was recommended to us by Katie, and I second the recommendation. They are delicious! I had 2 pastries, the almond croissant pastry was TO DIE FOR. |
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| front room of the resort suite |
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| bedroom view |
Pines and Palms resort, while not top of the line, was very comfortable and we did not have any complaints (with the possible exception of one of the burners on the small stove. It didn't work, but all it needed was to be pushed in all the way). They had a very basic kitchen, with basic utensils and 3 pots/pans, but we made do with what was available. We didn't want to spend too much time cooking anyway. We bought basic breakfast supplies and food for lunches and ate out for dinner. They had a small beach area for launching of kayaks and paddleboards, and they had plenty of lounge chairs on the sand. We didn't try the pool, but Katie says she enjoyed having it on the premises. We really enjoyed the 2 docks and the adirondack chairs. And it was located close by several restaurants and Robbie's outfitters, where we rented the kayak for the mangrove excursion.
Gonna have to go back someday. This was our third trip to the keys, and I still have a few things I want to do down there.
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