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Current GPS Mark: N24.68500°, W81.21698°, 160f - Seven Mile Bridge
Key West was great, and now we’re on our way to New Port Ritchie, up near Clearwater. We didn’t have the opportunity to do any real amount of diving in Key West due to the water conditions (really rough, heavy currents, <10ft viz), but that will change at our next stop - Crystal River, FL. (I was going to put our dive/tour info here, but I’m having trouble finding the website again. Doh! So I’ll regroup on it later.)
Update: I found the info - it was the one that was right in front of me the whole time (doh!). We’ll be doing a manatee snorkel in the morning and then a trip to the Devil’s Den cavern in the afternoon, with Bird’s.

Current GPS Mark: N25.79302°, W80.20560° - I-95 Miami)
Photo: A pelican with a big fish, in Key West

So yesterday was Vero Beach, Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center and dinner at the
Ocean Grill. The only part of that that went well was dinner, which was excellent. At KSC we ended up spending all day in lines (line to get on the bus, then the bus waited in line, then a line for food. Line after line after line…) and it was a total waste. (Which is unfortunate, because I’m a huge space buff.) Didn’t even get to go to the rocket park. And the Vero Beach Holiday Inn “Hotel and Suites” Oceanside was just as bad - 4 star prices for a 2 star (at best) motel.

Moving along, we’re currently stuck in stop and go traffic in north Miami, on our way to the Hard Rock for lunch. I’ll update this post after lunch..

Update: Don’t go to the Hard Rock Miami. Just don’t.. sigh. We’re back on track for Key West although we might end up being late (B&B wants us in no later than 6pm. Its 2 and we’re still stuck in Miami. So we’ll see how that works out. Software says its possible, but we’re dubious.)

Current GPS Mark: N32° 00.462, W81° 16.559 - San’s Boutique Hotel
Picture info: From the 12th floor balcony of our room in Myrtle Beach at the Hampton Inn Oceanfront

We’re in Savannah this morning, and about to head out to do some siteseeing. Yesterday’s adventure through Myrtle Beach was fun, and the Hard Rock there is a must-see. Tomorrow we leave for Vero Beach and a lovely dinner at the Ocean Grill. Weather and location permitting, we’ll try to start diving in Vero Beach (nice morning trip before we go to Canaveral) and I’ll post lots of pics.

Site news: If my network access holds out on the drive to Vero, I’m going to switch software again. The current setup for the site just plain doesn’t work (nobody can post pics, news, etc) and I have one that does, its just not themed properly (so its somewhat ugly.) I’ll try to put it into place tomorrow during the drive. Usernames and passwords won’t change, so no worries there.