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What's it like to take your RV to the Florida Keys? Who recommended this? I wanna find that guy ouch bar I'm Tom I'm Tom and I'm Cherie and I'm Cherie and we enjoyed the journey and this is enjoythejourney.life if you're new to our channel make sure you hit the subscribe button down there tap that little bell and you will receive a notification when we publish a new video. It looks extra turquoise without me. Do you tell him who I am? with you as forget me not here sheree and I are in the beautiful

florida

keys

our

first

stop at curry hammock state park it is one of the most sought after state parks in the entire country let alone in

florida

itself it is warm and sunny here during Most of the year you have beautiful beaches and water around you.

Curry Hammock State Park is 1,000 acres between Key Largo and Key West, some of the most beautiful wilderness here in the Florida Keys. Our place is 45. to 50 a night depending on if you book one night or spread some of the taxes and fees over a two week stay, so 45 to 50 a night is expensive for us because we like to stay in the range 20 to 30 dollars. per night when we can be prepared to open your wallet. I think we paid just over six hundred dollars for two weeks here with all fees and that officially makes it the most expensive place we've ever camped at and that's a plus.

Definitely nice long camping spots with 50 amp electric and water, plus there is a dump station, this is a good security feature, key access code, only one gate to enter the park at all hours, so it keeps everyone out of the RV park or campground area. That's supposed to be in the day use area, so it helps reduce traffic and of course, again, campground security there's almost no availability at the last minute. You can keep checking the website and wait for it to appear in a couple of days, but I really have to plan ahead and those of you who know Sheree and I don't normally do that, so 11 months in advance you can start booking, like this Let them plan that trip and write it down, and if they have to cancel, I think there is a small cancellation fee or change fee so you can change your plans, but you have to pay in

full

when you book.

Reservation will be done through the Reserve America system, which is a large system that covers all Florida state parks, it is not complete. connection, so if you must have a sewer, you won't find there is a dump station here, just two water spigots so you can rinse your feet after getting in the water. Nice fairly new electrical circuits, I'm sure they were all replaced after the Hurricane Curry Hammock State Park has so many things to offer that they have kayak and canoe rentals. Many kitesurfers come here to use the water and wind that is abundant here and you have the beautiful Rockland Hammocks palm tree. trees, sea grass in the water and just a beautiful beautiful area, did you make us lunch?

I did, wow, that's a perfect topic for going out in kayaks today, you just couldn't wait, huh, we decided to take out our kayaks for a little adventure through the mangroves. The park ranger told us about a mangrove tunnel that you could kayak in, but it was difficult to find because there was high tide and it is a bit hidden. We're at high tide and they were saying that's the time to move on, I guess. the man cave grows, but then the mangrove tunnel should be around here somewhere, what did you call all this undergrowth? We're getting a sargassum, sargassum, oh right, that's where it originates and apparently Christopher Columbus was the

first

documented to go through the sargassum sea and there are over 100 species that they depend on and thrive well, this must be something to around the corner, here you found it, we went to bed, wow, some cool birds there, yeah, this is going to be pretty tight, well, initially it's like you.

We still need to be able to kayak. Gosh, I guess you'll have to put the oars down and push with your hands if you have to, but here's the bridge to enter the park. Let's be a low bridge. What's that? There is a crab. hanging right there wow, this is crazy, uh, kinda like uh, dr. seuss, sort of true, yeah, just be careful, honey. I'm going to grab things here to understand who recommended this. I want to find that guy. Probably the On the other side of the world you see a smile opening, there's one right there, the clumps are round and have a spiny outside, whatever is round, it's actually called Cassiopeia and they're upside down jellyfish.

I had never seen anything like it before us. I also saw a lot of horseshoe crabs and thought it may have been mating

season

. I want you to know that every time you are away we have everything here at least to stay. Do you feel like we have something strong and I saw you walking? the line and the truth may come, you'll be the last to think about it, that's huge, find something like that, all in one piece, that would be something for me, hmm, then, and it's too windy to carry the drone I was hoping for get.

Take the drone here a bit, so what did you find there, ice cream? We don't know how long it's been there, uh, yeah, I'll show you what I'm wearing now. This system worked fine the other day. I guess it wasn't that windy, well, and I think I have a solution for half the pallet getting stuck in the ground, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere, we'll have to keep a close eye on it. beautiful walking trails, there are beautiful plants, trees, birds, animals and fish in the water, so many interesting things to see and it has one of the largest populations of thatched palm trees in the entire country, just a short drive away car or a one mile hike from the uh rv park at curry hammock state park is the uh park trail here they have kind of a cool nature trail that looks like it's about a mile and a half long and I'm just going to do that today and see it here.

The nice thing about the Florida Keys is that they have this multi-use trail that I think runs through all, if not most, of the Keys for biking, running, walking and runs along Highway One here, but there are a good part here where it's completely enclosed so it's a nice type of cactus, an unusual type, even in the tropical type of climate here in the

keys

we have some cacti, one wrong step and it's a sprained ankle situation like you. If you look around you, you'd swear you were in a tropical jungle and some foreign land. We heard they spray mosquitoes down here, so we didn't see many mosquitoes, but we were getting bitten by some.

No, we seem to think or just The sand flies are really little flies at the campfire last night and I'm reading a little bit about our bare, scaly tree here, we've seen several of them and they're so interesting it's called gumbo limbo, sometimes Called a tourist tree because its bark is red and peeling like a tourist's skin here in the Florida Keys it's obviously been spending too much time in the sun I guess I didn't realize that before we were told there are iguanas up to six feet tall here so I want to see one uh but six feet which is pretty big it would be scary but it's cool to see it at the same time this is the biggest one we saw and it was in the city this is something we've really enjoyed here close by of bonfires almost every night. here on the beach at sunset and they provide the firewood for this it's so amazing fire i have fire you are the one who will survive with the mermaid hair she played her ukulele for us she said you can follow her on instagram at iguana underscore slayer she I played on the rainbow at my request and wow, it was a great pleasure and no, she doesn't kill iguanas and Curry Hammock State Park has one of the best and cleanest bathhouses we have ever seen.

We are lucky to have had 14 days. Here we are on day number 13 and we haven't had to dump because we've been using the bathhouse as much as possible so we don't have to pack everything up and slide down to the dump station and back to our campsite. This is definitely a plus. Nice bath houses, some of the cleanest we've seen and handicap accessible, as well as three men's shower stalls. Here is the business side of the rest of the bathroom. A small Dyson hand dryer there in the bathhouse too. There's a place to wash your dishes if you want to keep your storage tanks there too, plus some outdoor showers to wash off the sand you'll get when you head out to these beaches.

We have enough time at the beach. We're escaping the beach escaping the beach What do you mean we're escaping? We're getting away from the beach for a while. Oh, we're at the store by the bay. Island Fish Company. You looked for it. You can see it well. Yes that's how it is. Yes that's fine. Great let's go get some food and watch the sunset here so we like to try the local favorites so we had an appetizer of blue stone crab and crab cakes and split our time packing up here from the park State Curry Hammock.

I like this. I have a nice late check out time and it's like one o'clock, which is awesome. You don't have to get up very early and spend all your time packing your bags. In fact, you can enjoy your last day a little, but two amazing weeks here. uh, beautiful camp, uh, we will definitely return. How long has it been since you've been on a swing? Probably 40 years of maintenance on these, don't get hurt, honey. Hello friend what are you doing? I'm trying to be more active on Instagram yes. You don't follow us on Instagram, it's just that it's been enjoying the trip.

Life almost every day, so if you don't like the wind very much and I can't imagine people singing with all that wind, but that's how it is. Not a bad fire, if I don't say so myself, that's not lighter fluid there, you don't see lighter fluid, if you're new to our channel, make sure you hit that subscribe button down there, hit that little bell. and you will do it. get notified when we post a new video so from Curry Hammock State Park thanks for watching everyone and we'll see you in the next video. It says you can see all of our Florida Keys videos with the link in the description.

Thanks for subscribing. our channel we are in john penicamp state park in the florida keys that's right this is our third place on our seven week trip here in the keys yeah and the time is flying by I can't believe it it's going by too fast . Fly when you're having fun, that's right, and John Pennecamp State Park is one of the most popular state parks in all of Florida. It receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. It was the first underseat park in the US. It spans 70 nautical miles of ocean in the Atlantic and is filled with beautiful coral reefs.

For this part of our trip, we stayed three nights at John Penacamp with all fees and taxes averaging just 45.23 per night, which is much less than the hotel rates we could. i found out they were anywhere from $99 to over $500 a night uh it's a beautiful morning at john penicamp state park. I was very lucky to get the last available spot on the 9am extended snorkel tour. m. here. I'm very excited, but I'm running my usual course until the last minute, so it's time to hurry up and head to the boats. We love John Pennecamp State Park for all the great snorkeling options.

Northland tours start at just $30 per person and don't worry if you don't. You have your own equipment, you can rent everything you need, they also offer glass bottom boat tours, scuba diving, and canoe and kayak rentals, and if you're hungry, there may be a food truck there. Tom got the last available spot, so I stayed back. in the RV and the last thing is things like Tom like the marina, someone here will probably have an upset stomach if that happens to you. Never enter a sea head. They are hot. They are congested. It's a bad place to get trampled in the air. it's new we have booked two vip sections one is here and one is there does anyone know what vip means you get in trouble and you think this might be the last time you fight for a job penny can't stay apart you have my permission to pull that tab , what's going to happen is this jacket will instantly inflate more than you ever thought possible and you'll float like this, oh man this is amazing out here, produce greek rock, get back on the ride, vote again, enjoy the ride, definitely , Enjoy the trip.

Nowadays many people want to see the statue simply called the Christ of the Abyss that we started to park in 1960 and put here in 1964. The Chrissy family from Italy was the one who donated it. It is approximately nine feet and three meters tall. the same disc from the surface weighs about two thousand kilos four thousand five hundred pounds and if you want a religious experience where you dive and hold on to that statue, just come from head to toe and shoot forward, you can crash the five with the hands that the people had. the time to rest the body height would not touch the first burner, they can just wave their handseureka, I found it and everyone else knows exactly, so your pool is open, if you're ready to get in, go see Jesus, yeah, let's do it.

I've always been looking for Jesus, I know what, find them here now for a little more, so what a great day snorkeling at three different snorkel stops, so many beautiful fish and seeing the Christ of the Abyss statue, although I think I've already spent enough time in the water. My fingers are so wrinkled that I would highly recommend a snorkeling trip at John Pennecamp State Park if you now have a chance to get back to the RV and see what Cheree is up to. Yes, one of the ways we save money on our trips is by watching.

For great local happy hours, we received a recommendation from our boat captain to visit Jimmy Johnson's Big Chilly located at mile marker 104 next to the bay and Key Largo. Great asking the locals they know here at Jimmy's.Johnson's Big Chill just showed up for happy hour after diving and they are hosting one of our sit-down shows on the bay dock. We got a front row table to listen to live music and watch magician Michael's tricks and another beautiful Florida Key sunset, just the right one. end of a perfect day this is so cool here this big old bird comes here there it goes thank you sunset here on the pier there are so many interesting things to do and see here yeah let's go into the visitor center and it has a water aquarium 30,000 gallon saltwater tank and it's all included with your state park entry pass. this is our visitor center aquarium, the yellow kind because it's the baby and around the corner in another tank there is an aquarium with yellow and blue stripes, it's a teenager and the big tank is the adult and they are all Solid blue color, so they changed fascinating glasses closer than I thought.

What was that? I can see your nose print. I know my nose print is there. Oh, did you stumble upon that? Yeah I thought the glass was inside the inside of this Kobe thing oh where's the window? Look, damn, I'm sorry I missed that from here it looks like the glass is inside, yeah, it must be like, uh, maybe I have a double pane or something, now they're the same. I walk here, so don't show your face, yeah, I stay up. The window still hurts. Look at those who are completely standing. It's magic. They are magical fish.

Some people don't learn. I hope I caught that one of you. I would be here for yourself. It looks like an alien here, so this guy here is called a lionfish. This guy is a bad predator and the only way he can be caught is through spearfishing by humans. It knows well if it is fixed in the right way to eradicate it. this species is the demand for more lionfish when you order seafood and in fact I have tried it and it is very good and I think we should eradicate this species of evil fish, although it is beautiful, we do not want them in our waters, there is Jonathan A Camp. 1897 1978.

John Penicamp State Park has two beaches and is protected by canyons. Also, you can snorkel here and the clarity is not that good, but there are some interesting things to see, the wild tamarind trail. John Pennecamp is home. for many species of birds, this is a bird watching trail, yes, and there are several other trails here where you can know how to bird watch, there are other animals, lizards and things like that, yes, John Penicamp State Park is

full

of all kinds of foliage, foliage, foliage, foliage that is. how do I say it, it has actually traveled from the migratory birds that drop the seeds, yes, and also from the wind, it is a very interesting story, it has come a long way, so it is quite fascinating, so good, the exploration is a fucking jungle here, it's amazing, it feels tight. kind of like going in, but yeah, beautiful trees and plants, I love the keys, we're in Florida, look at all this prickly pear, this can't be natural here, funny, John Penicamp State Park has 42 campsites with full hookups for recreational vehicles and two bath houses. like all florida state park reservations you can book online at reserveamerica.com now from the reserve america website you can search for the state park you are interested in and now you can reserve 11 months in advance if you are a planner however, we don't plan that way now we look for open dates or cancellations this is how you do it and you should keep checking because sometimes people cancel and those spots will fill up very quickly so if you want to extend your stay. in the keys you can look at some of the other state parks like curry hammock there are no mobile homes on this bridge i wonder why it looks like an old wooden bridge oh look at the size of that lizard oh look at that why did the lizard cross the road ?

That's the biggest one we've seen after using a prescription-enhanced snorkel mask. We realized we needed to upgrade our personal snorkel gear, so we headed into town to see the divers first hand. Hi Jonah, I'm Tom, nice to meet you. So Jonah is going to get us new masks with a little prescription so we can get a better look at the owner of this company, the really nice guy at this company, Kevin, he's awesome, yes you have another location in Key West, yes, Key West, Fort Lauderdale, I see. how that works, yeah, so I'll fit right in.

Use silicone grease, yes, so you don't have to shave. There was a guy who came here with a big bushy beard and everything that's a little sad because he had to shave, but you didn't need to find any more goodies. Yes, I'm going to buy some booties because I have a blister from Ben. I inhale as much as I can just to try, it looks good. I just remember that you shouldn't smile underwater. It's so hard to do it. I'm so happy down there it's hard as a happy place this is the bathroom key in the store there you're fine what are you doing Tom vacuuming now?

Can you feel the air coming in around your mustache? Yes, I can hear. Yes, I could feel it a little. Oh, that's probably why you have a lot of leaks. Well, yeah, that's a mustache, so you can shave it or silicone grease, but really, that's perfect, you just rearrange it or reset it. That seemed fine, so yeah. Perfect when your neighbor's sewage is so close to your campsite, it's just too close and like all the state parks here in the Florida Keys, they have a late check out which is awesome at 1:00 pm. m., so you can enjoy the facilities a little and when you leave your campsite here you are free to enjoy your stay the rest of the day you can park in their parking lot there are plenty of spaces for buses and RVs and enjoy the rest of this day here at john penicamp we are at john penicamp state park it's my turn to say something yes I'll start I'll start again oh I need to keep going my hair keeps going in my face okay it's the first underwater national park this happens all the time, the wind, yes, state Park right in front of the lovers boutique.

More bugs outside the RV. We are very excited about our next campsite. We headed further south on Highway One to Bahia Honda State Park, which is our favorite state park in Florida. Be sure to subscribe to watch it. That video and our entire RV Living Florida Keys series. Would you camp in the Florida Keys? Let us know in the comments and thanks for approving the video, thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video. You're not pressuring me, are you okay exactly? Do not have enough. This will be our favorite camp and yet the best number one and number 10 in the world.

I could go to this every day. I'm Tom, it's Tom and me. I'm Cherie and I'm Cherie and we enjoyed the ride and this is enjoying the ride. Life, man, without my love for the ocean, I will be long gone, all good, side 18. Let's do it without my coast for the ocean. I'm holding my mind through my heart. I could walk to this every day. Oh yeah, look how wide this place is. You can almost fit another RV in here. I should have rotated it this way so all of our windows were facing directly out. in the water right here, but oh, amazing site, Honda site 18, you can try to get it, but again, all these sites in the Florida Keys are hard to get.

I get a book very, very early or I expect a cancellation. Well, Charis already beat me. Water is a big surprise twice, right, I have to get out, how can you look at this and not be in it? I can't understand that I want to be put on the right sunscreen and drenched in a rigorous stain that isn't even a sunscreen. we've gotten so tanned oh oh yeah maybe not he thinks he's dead well my face and parts of my body see yeah this is the first place we've been where there's warm water right next to the camp , oh man, we.

I can launch the kayaks from camp this is paradise right here every time I think oh this is heaven this is him well this is heaven kevin has been unique this is paradise on steroids like in bay we don't do it I know what it is , it doesn't matter, this will be our favorite campground, but especially for a state park, yes, yes, yes, we had to cancel again to get this. We only have three nights, but boy, boy, boy, I think we'll do it. We'll be trying to get into this as much as we can. Yeah, can we just live here?

It's the right time to turn off your camera and get in the water at Honda State Park. They also have concessions, snorkel tours, rentals like that, so there's a lot of fun stuff. to do including a boat marina if you have a boat and want to sail here on the beautiful waters this is one of the two main beach areas here at baya honda state park and the beach areas are huge and can accommodate to hundreds and hundreds of people here bayanda is our second stop during our seven week visit to the keys buy a sling like award winning beach and historic bridge is an island in the lower keys near the

west

end of the bridge of the seven savages is a destination A favorite for visitors and adventure seekers alike, Florida State Park is a coastal island spanning more than 500 acres and offers some of the best snorkeling and beach walks in Florida.

The 2.5 mile natural white sand beach was rated the number one beach in 1992 in the United States by Dr. Steven Leatherman Beach the first Florida beach to be so honored. RV and camping sites can be reserved through the Reserve America system up to 11 months in advance. Bayanda is one of the most difficult places to book due to its popularity. We were lucky to be there for only three days. Due to a cancellation, the total cost was 135 dollars and 70 cents, it offers water and electricity, they also have a dump station. Bayanda offers snorkel boat tours, beach equipment rentals, kayaks, food service, gift shop and museum, known for its iconic Florida landscape, palm-fringed beaches. waters and magnificent sunsets, park visitors enjoy the gentle sea breeze that caresses the coasts throughout the year.

Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad once ran through the present park to Key West, built between 1905 and 1912, it was destroyed by the severe Labor Day hurricane in 1935. The foundations of the railroad bridge were used to build the overseas highway that became us. A portion of the old Bahia Honda Bridge is accessible from the park and offers a panoramic view of the islands. This has been our favorite state park so far that we've been able to backtrack. the RV to the beautiful water and enjoy waking up to this view every day and ending the day with a beautiful sunset.

We will embark on another snorkeling adventure that is supposed to be good, yes actually the best in North America, the best reef. oh the best and the best number one and number 10 in the world wow yeah that's exciting. The Florida Keys are known for their incredible reefs and Lou Key Reef is right in the heart of it all. The reef is filled with some of the most amazing aquatic life in the world it is an unforgettable experience We chose Captain Hook's because it has a high rating online. We also browsed a fun little gift shop where we met before boarding our snorkeling tour.

Are you going to see a fish like that? down there guys hello yeah nice it's okay actually it's okay so when you put this to the guys our limits today we see that it's not very deep you can see the reef you'll see all the interesting things right here from you won't see it anyway. you have to swim away from this boat don't go to that ladder to take off your fins take that ladder in your hand lower your head that ladder can turn up and hit you right in the face one at a time on the ladder if there is a diver in front of you you coming, stay a good six feet away, you don't want them to come down on you with the tanks, it hurts, we don't have enough aspirin to fix that, or be here exactly, I don't have. enough beer for that bulldog yeah, come on guys, okay, ready, okay, come on, you're not pushing me, are you down?, ishere, right here, oh, Cuban food and us.

It's like it was in the neighborhood, yes they called the Cuban mix. It's like I all ate bananas and rice and he ate all the meat. It wasn't our favorite food, but it was still good. It's just amazing. Incredible. We highly recommend, yes. Jaw to spoon experience yes here in Canada being the first American ship to be allowed into human waters so it's very important thanks for watching guys if you liked the video hit the like button and give us the applause, yes, applause, subscribe. button, can you put them back and get it again so your video is wherever you go? uh yes we practically have a youtube channel yes yes we film our adventures and therefore traveling in an RV will be part of your adventure. the like button there you go yeah subscribe press thumbs up hey to get notifications where are my drinks? what are you going to get there? sherry, the mineral water um, oh, okay, not a beer, no, oh, okay, I want, are they here? um, no, they didn't.

It's my backpack, I just had beer, yeah, because remember, I said I wanted to drink some of those here. I remember, but I was just concentrating on the beer, when I guess that means, look at those, it looks like they haven't been attacking me, they sure haven't. I don't have anything in my teeth Regards, thank you very much Hey, we thought we'd stop by and see the boondocks, yes that's right, but we're not going to boondocks, although I wonder if they'll leave us boondocks here, yes, it says boondocks, why not? Not a break, I prefer this type of shark.

We are on Murata Island in the Florida Keys. Yes, for an adventure today. If you ever have the opportunity to visit the Florida Keys, we highly recommend it. It's one of our favorite adventures. We sold everything to live and travel. full time in our RV, so join us as we share tips and tricks on how you can do it too. I'm Tom, I'm Sheree and this is enjoying the journey dot life. Our channel is about living in an RV and traveling full time. new to our channel, make sure you hit that subscribe button, hit that little bell that way, you'll get a notification when we post a new video.

We're loading up all our gear to do a snorkeling and paddling adventure in Ismaralda and a clear kayak adventure today on a very busy Sunday guys so my name is matt I'll give you a quick rundown uh so we're on murata island in the florida keys, yes for an adventure today, first time snorkeling in this area, yes, plus some kayaking and some, with a clear bottom, yes, look at this beautiful water, yes, we are lucky to being with Matt from clearly unique charters here in his cant, that's how we say it, yes I'm excited, yes we're still exploring the beach tribe. right, oh yeah, the endless adventure of the Dylan Beach tribe, uh, not in the summer, so compare this place to uh Mississippi, there's a reef to our right and a bunch of reef in front of us, um, what whether it gives you here, only a tenth of one.

The percentage of the world's oceans has been destroyed and is growing about an inch every eight years. The trick to making the mask seal properly is that you want to make sure it is over your nose and eyes and that the strap is above your ears. Don't wait to get into that water. Can? It looks like you're floating out there. It's so clear. I'll be there. Okay, time to get into this water. So, food.Yes, I prefer this type of shark, why is it called Murano Island? Because island means aeronautical island, purple island from the sky, the water looks purple.

Things are not supposed to be the way they are, where you come from. You know, yeah, Walmart is very far away. re uh, right after snorkeling in the beautiful corona, now we can go relax on the Islamorada sandbar island, so pedal with your knees and you can also stand up and use it, okay, oh never I had done it before, it seems difficult, it's not a float, yes, it's the gopro off, yes, the gopro off, who's going to win a good selfie? Yes, how are we going to get down? Ready, well, order beer. I did it.

I asked for one. Are you delivering better than being delivered on a beach? Be delivered in the water. Is there anything better than? This is enough I don't know, I don't think so, so no, we don't need beer salt, do you know why I'm going to ask if the waiter also cleans the table? Does the waiter also clean the table? I didn't tell you, come back to the boat, bartender, have my beer, cheers, front views, okay, wow, bye buddy, Captain Matt told us a story about how he was sailing in the Bahamas in the summer of 2009 and decided head

west

towards the center.

America with a stopover in Key West, well, it's been almost six years and he still hasn't left. He says this place has something to offer everyone who loves life. He fell in love with the place and decided to put a new spin on an old business. and take echo tours in the wildlife refuge using the transparent kayaks he saw in the Caribbean. It also uses the pilot's exploration skills to go further and find the best places to take tourists based on the wind and tide, so if you're ever in the Keys and want a great adventure on the clear blue water, be sure to visit Captainmatt.

You can find them at clearuniquecharters.com after diving the food here is spicy oh good deal island spicy I know you want fun to find out more about Captain Matt and Clearly Unique Charters. We will have a link below in the description. Thanks for watching and giving us a thumbs up, don't forget to subscribe and if you want more click the join button at the bottom. See you next time and thanks, Captain Matt, okay. more time take three how is my mountain? try a mountain hey, come home where you want to go beyond the stars