The original African Queen
Iguana in PennekampThu, 3/12/09
Long Pine Key, Everglades NP: Another beautiful morning. After our showers we hooked up the hose and topped off our water tank. Put the hose away and started out for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Key Largo. Ever since we’ve been coming down to the Keys we’ve been wanting to check it out. But from Sugarloaf it would be probably a two-hour drive. From the Everglades it’s probably an hour tops. So, after stopping for breakfast at a little roadside café/picnic place, we were on our way.. Wanted to take Card Sound Road this time. We’ve also been wanting to take that road but always had the fifth wheel on the back of the truck so we didn’t. The road wasn’t very scenic until you crossed the bridge at Card Sound. Then you start seeing a lot of pretty little sloughs through the mangroves and a couple of lakes. It’s also a big wildlife sanctuary. At the end of Card Sound Road you could turn right to go to Key Largo or left to go to Ocean Reef. We decided to see what Ocean Reef was all about. Drove through a pretty hardwood forest (also a wildlife preserve) for several miles until it dead-ended into this private residential area called “Ocean Reef”—which boasts three golf courses. Drove back towards Key Largo and saw another old military installation—probably another of those Nike missile bases they had down here. Finally made it to Pennekamp and drove around the campground to see what it’s like. It’s small but the sites are pretty good. This park is all about the reef and snorkeling, diving, and kayaking around the trails through the mangroves. From the little beach it looks like a big lake because you can see land of some kind all around—probably all mangroves. It would be nice to snorkel in the beach area—the water is crystal clear and it’s protected somewhat. We’ll come back next year for sure. They also have a glass bottom boat tour out to the reef. Left the park and drove around Key Largo a little bit. Stopped at the Holiday Inn there and saw the original African Queen used in the movie of the same name. Then started back and stopped at Marley’s Bar and Grill just before you go over the bridge to the mainland. I had a mahi mahi sandwich and Mike had a Cuban sandwich. Sat outside by the bay. Back to our peaceful and quiet campground in the Everglades. Played rummy again. Mike won 2, I won one. Low 80s today. Low 60s last night. Perfect! The solar panels are doing their job. Batteries are fully charged!
Long Pine Key, Everglades NP: Another beautiful morning. After our showers we hooked up the hose and topped off our water tank. Put the hose away and started out for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Key Largo. Ever since we’ve been coming down to the Keys we’ve been wanting to check it out. But from Sugarloaf it would be probably a two-hour drive. From the Everglades it’s probably an hour tops. So, after stopping for breakfast at a little roadside café/picnic place, we were on our way.. Wanted to take Card Sound Road this time. We’ve also been wanting to take that road but always had the fifth wheel on the back of the truck so we didn’t. The road wasn’t very scenic until you crossed the bridge at Card Sound. Then you start seeing a lot of pretty little sloughs through the mangroves and a couple of lakes. It’s also a big wildlife sanctuary. At the end of Card Sound Road you could turn right to go to Key Largo or left to go to Ocean Reef. We decided to see what Ocean Reef was all about. Drove through a pretty hardwood forest (also a wildlife preserve) for several miles until it dead-ended into this private residential area called “Ocean Reef”—which boasts three golf courses. Drove back towards Key Largo and saw another old military installation—probably another of those Nike missile bases they had down here. Finally made it to Pennekamp and drove around the campground to see what it’s like. It’s small but the sites are pretty good. This park is all about the reef and snorkeling, diving, and kayaking around the trails through the mangroves. From the little beach it looks like a big lake because you can see land of some kind all around—probably all mangroves. It would be nice to snorkel in the beach area—the water is crystal clear and it’s protected somewhat. We’ll come back next year for sure. They also have a glass bottom boat tour out to the reef. Left the park and drove around Key Largo a little bit. Stopped at the Holiday Inn there and saw the original African Queen used in the movie of the same name. Then started back and stopped at Marley’s Bar and Grill just before you go over the bridge to the mainland. I had a mahi mahi sandwich and Mike had a Cuban sandwich. Sat outside by the bay. Back to our peaceful and quiet campground in the Everglades. Played rummy again. Mike won 2, I won one. Low 80s today. Low 60s last night. Perfect! The solar panels are doing their job. Batteries are fully charged!
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