Jenny, Kate and I escaped the daily grind in Houston and headed for Southern Florida… We all agreed (especially Kate) that it was time for a family vacation and a post-birthday celebration for Jenny. Over the last fifteen months, we’ve taken Kate to Los Angeles, Austin, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orlando, Chicago, and Tahoe. So for a change, we decided to head east (and south) to Key West.
Our trip started in Fort Lauderdale as we decided to break up the long travel days into bite size pieces. So, we booked a room at The Westin Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale for our first night. We arrived around 1PM and made our way to the hotel. After some refreshing we hit the beach and Kate got to put her toes in the Atlantic for the first time. Note: Kate did not like bare feet on sand. After our beach trip, we ate an early dinner at Shula’s on the Beach. Kate is a Mac-N-Cheese nut, so she was in heaven when her Lobster Mac & Cheese arrived. Jenny and I enjoyed a few glasses of wine and fish. We retired early to get rest for our leisurely drive to Key West.
The next day, we loaded up and hit the road. We stopped for lunch and play in Key Largo at The Island Grill. This is such a cool restaurant, overlooking the water with beach access. After eating Mac-N-Cheese, seaweed salad and a tuni steak, we hit their beach and just relaxed. This trip has no time tables and is simply a “play it by ear” vacation. After a while, we hit the highway and arrived in Key West in the early afternoon.
We checked into the Sheraton Suites Key West and found a nice bottle of wine and chocolate-covered strawberries awaiting for us (Thanks Frank, my boss). After a little relaxing, we hit South Beach on the southernmost beach in the continental USA. Today, Kate acclimatized herself to sand and now loves playing in it and building sand mountains – she’s not ready for sand castles just yet. Next, we ate dinner at the Southernmost Beach Cafe & Bar. After some wine, mussels, fish salads and… Mac-N-Cheese (we ordered her some chicken fingers, but she didn’t want them), we went back to the hotel and put Kate to bet. Thankfully, these suites have a separate room for Kate and spent the evening drinking wine on our patio as, and after, the sun set. It was a great day!
Here are some pictures of our trip:
Here is a quick list of posts from our Key West Trip:
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