Days 10, 11 and 12

Day 10....We left at 6 a.m. and should have left an our earlier to beat the heat. We rode Hwy 27 to Hwy 1.

From Homestead down to Key West is very slow and filled with people, many of whom are doing incredibly stupid things with the vehicles. We arrived at the motel around 2 p.m. It is difficult to describe how awful it was riding in excessive heat at slow speeds. You'll just have to do it yourself.

Our first evening in Key West we took the trike into Old Town and scoped out the area. Also took photos at the Southern Most location. We did ride without ALL our gear, but we wore our helmets.

There are zillions of tourists riding scooters around Key West....scary thought that most have never ridden a bike before and even scarier thought NO helmets.

Day 11....We went to the post office and completed our paperwork for the tour. After the P.O. we headed over the Southern most location again to get a photo of Larry and his bike....and narrowly avoided a parking ticket.

We figured we had traveled this far so we ought to spend some time vacationing. Larry booked us on a snorkel cruise in the morning and a sunset cruise in the evening. In between cruises we stuck around Old Town and ate at Two Friends restaurant...REALLY GOOD FOOD.

Of course there was a cruise ship in port...made the snorkel cruise crowded. It was a good crowd...all from the the Americas or Europe. No pushing, no shoving and no pods of people!

Day 12...Wow, what a difference 8 hours makes to a motorcycle ride. Leaving Key West this morning at 6 a.m. made for a perfect ride to Homestead. It actually cooled off after we got away from Key West.

We rode I-95 north today. I would say we flew through the Miami area. The speed limit is 55 mph and EVERYONE was going 70-75 mph. The people on the "pay" HOV lane were doing at least 90. Aside from being hot and humid the ride was uneventful to Daytona Beach.

We are at the Super 8-Speedway 2 miles from the race track. The sign on the back of the door to the room says the room rate is $449 a night. Glad we are in the off season!