We stopped for lunch at Steak 'n Shake in Prattville, AL and we were on our way again. We stopped in Perry, FL for the night at a Hampton Inn and had dinner at Mama's Family Italian Restaurant. It was a long day of driving.
The next day, after breakfast at the hotel, we drove to the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala for our first stop.
Off to a good start...at least for the guys anyway! It was a beautiful day so the women sat outside on a picnic table and enjoyed the weather! We had lunch at Sonny's BBQ in Ocala and it was back on the road to Bonita Springs for the night where we checked into the Comfort Inn. We had dinner at Mel's Diner, a cute old fashioned diner.
A stop at Culver's for a turtle sundae and called it another day.
The next day we drove down the western coast of Florida, through Naples, and on to Ochoppe, where we stopped at the smallest post office in the United States. I thought the one in Seaside, FL was small but this one is much smaller! You can't even walk inside this one. There's just enough room for the postal worker to turn around while sorting the mail. The door doesn't open; it just slides open to a walk-up window.
I mailed a couple of postcards to the kids from there.
We drove through the Everglades and then crossed over into the keys. We stopped in Key Largo for lunch at the Fish House. Delicious fresh seafood, though many in our group ordered hamburgers!
Guy from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives has eaten there.
We finally arrived in Key West and checked into the Key Lime Inn.
The check-in is in the big house.
We stayed in this cute little cottage.
Doug and I had stayed at the Key Lime Inn when we were in Key West a couple of years ago. It's really convenient for walking to just about everything, especially Duvall Street where most of the "stuff" is.
We had dinner at the Blue McCaw. Can't even remember what I ate but it was good!
More of Key West to come!
Saturday was Cameron's basketball game.
He loves playing and plays his hardest!
