Codeman00
Contributor
I really appreciate all of this advice….It’s definitely shaping and reshaping our vacation for sure.
I was wondering why hotels in Key West were $300+ a night in late October. Now I know ….thanks for the heads up. My wife will enjoy the festival and it will be a great add to our vacation. That being said, I think that settles that we will keep non-Key West and enjoy Key West on a dry day. Although I am very disappointed to find out about Dry Tortugas fort and not be able to dive it this time around. Wow…that place looks amazing.
Now it looks like Thursday night arrival in Ft Lauderdale and stay at a hotel that night. Get up early and drive through the Upper Keys in the morning to dive someplace Friday noon or afternoon. I was thinking Key Largo…but now you have me thinking Conch Republic in Tavernier. Maybe we’ll stay there for a couple of nights (Fri-Sat) and then marathon for a few nights(Sun-Wed). I had settled on staying at Marathon for 4-5 days but your advice is swaying me to make that northern/middle key stop for a couple of days instead. Part of me wants to just settle in one hotel for most of the week but we might make an exception if the diving is better and recommended non-Marathon (like Tavernier). And then, we would spend Wednesday day-Thurs noon in Key West to finish off the trip.
I was wondering why hotels in Key West were $300+ a night in late October. Now I know ….thanks for the heads up. My wife will enjoy the festival and it will be a great add to our vacation. That being said, I think that settles that we will keep non-Key West and enjoy Key West on a dry day. Although I am very disappointed to find out about Dry Tortugas fort and not be able to dive it this time around. Wow…that place looks amazing.
Now it looks like Thursday night arrival in Ft Lauderdale and stay at a hotel that night. Get up early and drive through the Upper Keys in the morning to dive someplace Friday noon or afternoon. I was thinking Key Largo…but now you have me thinking Conch Republic in Tavernier. Maybe we’ll stay there for a couple of nights (Fri-Sat) and then marathon for a few nights(Sun-Wed). I had settled on staying at Marathon for 4-5 days but your advice is swaying me to make that northern/middle key stop for a couple of days instead. Part of me wants to just settle in one hotel for most of the week but we might make an exception if the diving is better and recommended non-Marathon (like Tavernier). And then, we would spend Wednesday day-Thurs noon in Key West to finish off the trip.