Road Trip Back to TX Day #6

So we got up this morning ready to just leave this place. It was nice to have a bit of vacation for just the two of us, but I think we were both ready to just be home. The Keys would a great place to vacation if you have the time to do everything AND you know where and what you're doing. I suppose the next time we come, it will be a much better experience.

Anyways, we ate at the Key Largo Conch House and had a delicious breakfast. On our way back up, we stopped by the Everglades to look around. It was kinda cool, but the visitor's center wasn't really a great example of what the park is like. We were gonna go look around, but it started to rain a lot, so we just figured we'd hit the road. On the way, we swore we saw a tornado out in the distance toward the east. It may have just been a stream of heavy rain, but we're pretty sure it was a tornado. We also saw a car chasing another car and the two parties pulling over and getting out to fight (I wish I could have stopped to see how it turned out) and experienced the worst gas station bathroom known to man.

We made it to Kissimmee and decided to spend the night there (kinda depressing considering Kissimmee is right adjacent to Orlando and we basically just made a big loop). However, we also both kinda wanted to see the Jon & Kate Plus 8 Season Premiere. So we ate at a Denny's then checked into a Days Inn ($30 with a coupon from the Florida RoomSaver!!!). However, unlike every other hotel in the nation they did not have the channel on which the show airs! Holly had gotten me hooked on the show, so I was determined to find us a TV that was playing it. So we went to the Bennigan's across the street and I asked the bartender if she could turn the TV to TLC. She said she could only put it on the TV in the way back corner since she was only supposed to be airing sports and news stations on the TVs. We were grateful for this... until we realized it was also the only TV with no sound. The workers also seemed to not even know how to turn on the captions. So after about 30 minutes of lip-reading, we left since we figured it wasn't worth it if we couldn't hear anything. Oh well, we need the sleep anyways...

By the way, if you are taking a road trip anytime soon, I highly recommend getting a RoomSaver for the state you are going to be spending the night in. You can find them at pretty much any fast food restaurant, state visitor's center, or sometimes even in front of the hotel you're thinking of staying at!