The Keys

Earlier last week when it was a little windy in Boca, we decided to make the 2 hour drive to check out The Keys. The northern most Key is Key Largo. We had high hopes mainly because it's the first of many tropical places named in a famous Beach Boys song (you're welcome, you will now sing it all day).
It was LAME-O! The beaches (which were few and far between) were small and rocky and the water was mucky. We only lasted about an hour at the first location. (The highlight was playing on this cannon)

We moved on to Islamorada (the next Key) which offered a fun place to feed fish and birds

Even Miss Mckinnley was brave enough to fist a fish and throw it out

These fish were MASSIVE!

And the pelicans were tame enough to pet
That turned out to be the redeeming feature of the day. I asked a gal working at a souvineer stand about beaches on that Key. She refered me to a "great" beach that was "big" and "sandy"

In this picture, I am standing on one side of the "big" beach and you can see the parking lot on the other side. It was more sandy than the Key Largo beach, but not much better.

It was nice that you could walk out 200 yards and the water wouldn't touch your waist

The kids still had fun playing in the shallow sand

And we got a little pose from Addie and Maddi just as the sun went down

We stopped at a yummy Mexican restaurant before making the trek back home. Fun day, but not anxious to get back to the Keys. (Although we have heard that it gets better the further south you go)