Bicycling the "Florida Overseas Heritage Trail" - Day 5

We awoke to another tough day in the Keys.  Although it seemed to continue to get warmer, or for some of us, hot.  As long as a person was riding and created his or her own wind, it was fine.  Just don't stop.  Today was one of our longest mileage days: 32.  We turned around and pointed our bikes south. 

 Luckily, it was Saturday and there was a HUGE NAUTICAL FLEA MARKET in Islamorada!  Yay!  And yes, there were lots of people and cars.  For awhile, there was so much traffic that we were going as fast as the cars.

Oops, had to stop for a bridge raising.

A U.S. Coast Guard tender needed to go through.  It's always kind of fun to see the difference in locations.  This buoy tender has its own pilings to set down so it can work.  The Sitka buoy tender doesn't have that luxury, with nothing but deep water to work in.

 
Back over one of the longer and higher bridges.  Not much shoulder and here's the hill!  Lots of traffic whizzing by at 55 mph.

I saw two turtles come up for air this time.  Plus, we weren't fighting the wind and it was much easier!

Fiesta Key Campground was a little more packed in and wasn't as clean and nice as some of the other ones.  But, the location was very nice.

 Bob found an empty chair.  Even he doesn't haul a plastic chair around.  But sometimes he tows the dog, but it was good that Haagu stayed behind.  I don't think he would have liked the heat.

We were off the beaten path at Fiesta Key, with no restaurants close by.  Luckily there was a cafe at the campground.  It was a great setting and they had draft beer.  Sweet.