When you jet across the country as opposed to riding a
motorbike across the country one of the first things you notice is the jet gets
you from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale in a lot less time. You also notice
that on the plane you are not as comfortable as on your bike, the food if any
is not as good as a roadhouse diner, and
the scenery is very far away, and hard to see from a isle seat.
The next morning we asked for a ride back to the airport to pick up our very own rental car. It seems the shuttle only runs to the airport at certain times set by the maybe two star hotel. We were in time for the cruise port shuttle and they agreed to drop us at the airport after the port stop. The driver even asked all the passengers if we had any weapons as they are not allowed on any US port, and he told the guard at the gate that we had none. Of course no one actually checked.
Back at the airport the rental car line was long but moved fairly rapidly and it wasn’t long until we were driving off in a blue VW Beatle.
It is a nice ride, easy to spot in a parking lot, drives okay but certainly is no BMW.
The second day of our life with our Beatle we took a trip south to the Everglades. After negotiating the maze of highways ramps and toll roads we found highway 1 and proceeded to drive in parking lot traffic for aboot three hours. I guess that is not bad for a 70 some mile highway drive around here.
We drove to the end of the road in Everglades Nation Park to the Flamingo visitor’s center
Gray Cat Bird
Alice's Roadhouse
Another thing you notice is you do not have any
transportation when you arrive. We had the hotel, the maybe two star. They give themselves
three Roadway Inn shuttle meet us at the airport. The van was large, clean and had a caravan attached for
luggage. Not a bad ride through the maze of freeways and ramps.
The next morning we asked for a ride back to the airport to pick up our very own rental car. It seems the shuttle only runs to the airport at certain times set by the maybe two star hotel. We were in time for the cruise port shuttle and they agreed to drop us at the airport after the port stop. The driver even asked all the passengers if we had any weapons as they are not allowed on any US port, and he told the guard at the gate that we had none. Of course no one actually checked.
All Clear On The Port
Back at the airport the rental car line was long but moved fairly rapidly and it wasn’t long until we were driving off in a blue VW Beatle.
It is a nice ride, easy to spot in a parking lot, drives okay but certainly is no BMW.
The second day of our life with our Beatle we took a trip south to the Everglades. After negotiating the maze of highways ramps and toll roads we found highway 1 and proceeded to drive in parking lot traffic for aboot three hours. I guess that is not bad for a 70 some mile highway drive around here.
We drove to the end of the road in Everglades Nation Park to the Flamingo visitor’s center
National Park Flamingo Visitor Center
The visitors center is a solid building survivor of several hurricanes,
but not fully repaired since damaged by hurricanes in 2005. The only lodging is
camping and only one campground is open but it would be a very cool place to
stay watch the sea and check out the night sky.
Everglades National Park
The wind was blowing the day we were there so it wasn’t a
great day to see wildlife we did however spot some manatees in the harbor, lots
of laughing gulls, and several ospreys
sitting in some massive nests.
Nesting Osprey
Also spotted was a Cat Bird. It poised quite nicely for a
photo.
Once back on the highway we settled in to bond with our bug
for the 70 mile 3 ½ hour drive back in parking lot traffic.
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