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Day 5 - Trip Wrap Up

We are back from our short trip down to the Florida Keys.  It was a nice little relaxing trip and different from our normal two-week vacations.  This trip was not meticulously planned and was just thrown together a week before the trip, with a very loose list of activities and lounge time.  Unlike our normal vacations, which are planned months in advance and involve detailed itineraries, none of this lounging around stuff.  

The flight back was ok.  But the Miami airport sucks, because of the super long walk from the rental car place to the check-in desk because they are doing construction in the airport.  Also, the waiting areas are super tiny, but that didn’t faze us too much since we hung out in the Delta Sky Club till boarding.   I was unhappy that we arrived at our destination, but our bags did not.  They were put on an earlier flight, but due to weather in DC got delayed by four hours so they arrived at Dulles after us.   We should of just went back to the airport to get the bags, because it took them till almost 11:00 PM to deliver them when they arrived at the airport at 9:00 PM.  I could have had them home by 9:30 PM, if I went and got them.  Really the only major frustration of the trip.

Overall, I would like to do the trip again, but I would like to do it with some friends.  The resort we stayed at has private beach houses, and I think it would be nice to share one with a couple of friends for the week.  Also, sharing a cabana with friends would be nice.  I also would like to see more of the State Parks on Key Largo, they looked nice, but we didn’t go to them except for the snorkeling trip.   

This wasn’t really a photo vacation, so the photos are more snap shots than great landscapes.  But if you want to see some pictures from our trip, you can find them here: Florida Keys. (Galleries are under the map.)

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