Day 310, 10 May 2013, Key West - day trip... long drive indeed (6 hours return), but wow! This is indeed the tropics. We found it hilarious that a massive Carnival cruise liner was in port - that will be us in just a weeks time (albeit on a different ship and in the Western Caribbean). We strolled the streets of Key West, enjoyed the azure waters, saw the locals, including some fabulous parrots, in all the colours of the rainbow. The human folks were pretty m...

Day 309, 9 May 2013, Day Trip to Key Colony Beach... Settling in to the keys lifestyle swimmingly. We find it fascinating to be in a chain of islands all connected by a single road - the "overseas highway" - gives island hopping new meaning. We drove down the keys to Marathon and stocked up on vital tourist brochures at their visitors' centre. Following a great recommendation from their staff we headed to Cabana Breezes restaurant at Key Colony Beach. Fish and...

Day 308, 8 May 2013, Cue the Beach Boys song Kokomo... We woke up to palm trees and sunshine and we'd made it to Florida, the Sunshine state. Home to retirees and Disney world. First time we've really seen summer since Spain in October! We both had an excellent sleep just the way nature intended - ear plugs and a sleeping pill. Arrived at West Palm Beach Amtrak, around 5.30 pm and drove to Plantation Key - via Key Largo... Been a long day on the train. Around 9...

Day 307, 7 May 2013, New York to Plantation Key, Florida (via the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina and finally Georgia) on Amtrak's Silver Star No. 91 train. We were up bright and early - for no other reason than we still had to pack - Aaargh... Right. All fitted in. More or less. Quick scoot 10 blocks back along 8th Avenue to Penn Station for the 11 am train. And the Acela Departure L...

Day 306, 6 May 2013, Manhattan, New York. Last full day. Last night. Must. Keep. Going. We've reached Day 7 of our New York Passes and we're still going strong. Well we're going at least. Didn't actually wake up until 10 am... nevertheless we were up, showered, dressed and down at the Circle Line pier by 9.15 am to get tickets for The Beast. The only jetboat operating in New York's rivers, this is a massive boat and due to being early (though not awake), we p...