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Our friend Cindy Zhou recently went on a weekend trip to Key West and the Everglades in Florida and wrote a guest post about it. Thanks,<\/em>\u00a0Cindy!<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":18337,"id":18337,"title":"Working Remote in a campervan in Key West, Florida","filename":"Working-Time-Full.jpg","filesize":84318,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/es\/working-time-full\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"working-time-full","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-11 19:03:00","modified":"2018-12-11 19:03:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":975,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full.jpg","1536x1536-width":975,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full.jpg","2048x2048-width":975,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full-1200x800.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":800,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Working-Time-Full.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" After growing up in Toronto with endless snow, and living in Portland the past three years with endless rain, winter getaways in sunny destinations became a must. This year, I was lucky to have work send me to Miami<\/a> for a week. With such an amazing travel opportunity, I knew I had to make the most of it. 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I stopped for a quick bite at \u201cMrs. Macs Kitchen\u201d and enjoyed their famous fish of the day. With a belly full of deliciousness, I continued south through Islamorada Key and Marathon Key, eventually hitting the iconic Seven Mile Bridge. This bridge was by far my favorite part of the drive, with the Atlantic Ocean sprawled out in either direction for miles and miles.<\/p>\n I was pleased to find out that there was a great parking area called \u2018Veterans Memorial Park\u2019, where you could access a half-mile walkway that was adjacent to the bridge. By the time I had finished skating up and down the walkway, it was 6 pm and time to find dinner, a spot to catch up on work, and sleep for the night, as I had a big Day 2 ahead!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":18322,"id":18322,"title":"Sunrise from campervan Key West Florida","filename":"Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","filesize":59440,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/es\/sunrise-vibes-horizontal\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"sunrise-vibes-horizontal","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-11 18:59:30","modified":"2018-12-11 18:59:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":867,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","1536x1536-width":867,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","2048x2048-width":867,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal-1200x900.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":225,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":300,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sunrise-Vibes-Horizontal.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":450}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" I woke up at 6:45 am to catch the sunrise in Key West \u2013 which was about a 20-minute drive away. I settled along a quaint fishing wharf to eat breakfast while watching boats and birds go by. It was an extremely lucky spot to randomly find, but finding those gems are the moments that make van tripping the best.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":18313,"id":18313,"title":"Southernmost Point Cheers","filename":"Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","filesize":53172,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/es\/southernmost-point-cheers\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"southernmost-point-cheers","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-11 18:58:39","modified":"2018-12-11 18:58:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":488,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers-225x300.jpg","medium-width":225,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","1536x1536-width":488,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","2048x2048-width":488,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers-1200x1600.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":1600,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":225,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":300,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Southernmost-Point-Cheers.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":450,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" The next stop was a 10-minute skate to the Southernmost Point in the Continental USA. To mark the momentous arrival, I made sure to pull out a beverage to celebrate. 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Unlike other national parks, the Everglades has three separate entrances all about 45-minute drives from one another. After some research, I decided to go to the Shark Valley entrance to check out the observatory and get a birds-eye-view of the park.<\/p>\n The observatory is a 15 mile round trip from the visitor center and there are two options for getting there \u2013 either a tram tour (2 hours, $25) or bike rental (2-3 hours, $9\/hour). I opted for the bike rental and started along the trail. Right away, I got up close and personal with a ton of wildlife including herons, egrets, and of course, alligators. You can literally get inches away from the gators, but as the rangers suggested, I stayed a good 10-15 feet away. The trail itself was flat and forgiving, which made the cruise a super pleasant experience even without the wildlife.<\/p>\n If I had had an extra half day, I definitely would\u2019ve planned to get on the water either by kayak or airboat. 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Day 2: Saturday<\/h2>\n
Day 3: Sunday<\/h2>\n
A Bittersweet Goodbye<\/h2>\n