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Dry Tortugas Day Trip – All You Need to Know to Plan a Day Trip to Dry Tortugas National Park

November 21, 2019 12 Comments

For many the road trip from Miami to Key West ends at mile marker 0. However, 70 miles past Key West is one of the least visited yet most spectacular National Parks in the USA. I have lived in South Florida for over 20 years and Key West is a great destination for a weekend getaway. Yet embarrassingly enough I had not visited Dry Tortugas. Therefore, at the beginning of 2019 I decided that a weekend road trip to Key West was in order. And this time it would include a Dry Tortugas day trip.

In case you are one of those who likes to be spontaneous, it is important to understand that a Dry Tortugas day trip is not something you decide to do last minute. The Islands are remote and only accessible via boat or seaplane (both require advance bookings). Therefore, you will want to plan your Dry Tortugas day trip in advance, decide how you will get there and what you want to see and do.

So I have put together this guide with all you need to know to plan a Dry Tortugas day trip as well as additional information you will need in case you want to stay longer.

Travel

A slice of Japan in Florida

June 8, 2016 6 Comments

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, my husband was working, my girls were in Sunday school, and despite all the housework that needed to be done I was day dreaming about travel. Of course I begin scrolling through my Instagram and Pinterest feeds and start seeing all these wonderful pictures of spring in Japan. Then I remembered that about 1 hr away from home is Morikami Museum and Japanese gardens. Despite living in South Florida for well over one decade I had not visited these gardens yet. So without any more thought or planning I decided that today was the day I would visit this little slice of Japan in Florida.

Food

New York Grilled Cheese Co. (Wilton Manners, FL) – Review

May 29, 2016 2 Comments

Not sure what it is about rainy days and comfort food like grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup but they go well together. So when the rain decided to interfere and ruin my plans of a lazy day by the pool with my family, I changed my plans and headed out for lunch with them instead to the New York Grilled Cheese Co.

How did I hear about this place you ask? I discovered it quite by accident as I was browsing through Instagram. There on my feed was a picture of what looked like a stuffed waffle. It intrigued me enough that I looked it up and realized that this was not a waffle at all, but a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich that was cooked in a waffle press.

Food

Tin Fish Restaurant (Sunrise, FL) – Review

May 15, 2016 4 Comments

This post was most recently updated on May 26th, 2016

About a week ago I saw this post on Facebook from my mom raving about this little restaurant in Sunrise, FL called Tin Fish. Since this is not far from home we decided to give it a go and see what all the fuss was about. The Tin Fish restaurant is a little gem of a place, it has a casual atmosphere and simply put good fresh food. Not sure why it is called Tin Fish as I am pretty sure that nothing they cook in there came out of a tin.