Is Key West on your RV Bucket List? (Find Out!)
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- Have you ever brought your RV down to Key West? In this video we visit Key West from our resort at Sunshine Key RV Resort in Big Pine Key.
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Have you ever brought your RV down to Key West? In this video we visit Key West from our resort at Sunshine Key RV Resort in Big Pine Key.
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No, did So Cal and Arizona this winter but I'll be doing the keys next winter
Love the new format. Informative, well narrated, great pace and music. Well done!
WHY IN THE HELL would i will in lee go to Florida? it's a crap hole of a state
We took our trailer (and 3 dogs) from Seattle to Fiesta Key over the summer. It was a bucket list adventure that didn't disappoint. I would have to say that fishing off the bridge near Fiesta Key was the best part of our 10,000 mile summer.
My wife and I started watching you guys recently and have become big fans. We found ourselves getting burned out with some rv'ing couples who have resorted to over-performing in front of the camera as their subscribers grew. They just seem too phony now. You guys come across as so natural and normal. Looking forward to future videos.
Well thank you for watching and the great comment! Really means a lot to hear this. Thanks!
Being native Floridians, we’ve been going to the Keys since the late 70’s. Our kids and now grandkids carry on our yearly trip for lobster season. We don’t do much of the touristy stuff anymore, because we love our”secret” local spots!
How Fun! We just recently learned more about the Keys and how they were popularized in early 1900's by Flagler's railroad! Could only image the Keys 100 years ago before all of this!
@@IreneIronTravels I remember going down there in the late 70s in my parents Winnebago Class A on the old 7 mile bridge! Very scary passing a semi coming the other way!😳
Next time you go to Key West, I recommend a good Cuban meal at El Siboney at 900 Catherine Street. Another stop near Key West is Geiger Key. Head to the backside to the Geiger Key Marina for some good food.
OMG!! The Lobsteers had me drooling!😂
I’ve ridden my motorcycle to KeyWest about 8 times from West Palm. I love it. I’ve not been down in my camper yet. Stayed at Boyd’s in a tent in the early 90s.
I did the butterfly conservatory and it was really cool and very worth it. One of my favorite places.
Well every update is appreciated beloved .
Keep doing what you are doing, we ❤ you all.
Loved this video!!❤ Key West is on my bucket list, and you definitely captured the appeal of the islands!!
Thanks, now I’m hungry!! I can’t believe we missed this! Next year for sure.
Thank you so much for sharing a bit of my happy place. Love the Keys! Looks like a great trip. We purchased a camper in 12/2018. Shake down trip...pulled it out of the snow 4/2019 in Maine and headed straight to the keys. First time camper owner's and fist time to the keys. Newsbies thru and thru. Been going back every year since.
I love these types of vids, love the RV/ebike adventures!
Glad you like them! Thanks!!!!
We visited the keys in 2015, December weather was perfect. We stayed first at the Encore Fiesta Key resort, then Encore's Sunshine Key RV Resort. It was nice, but a bit run down, but the hurricane a few years later, gave them a chance to rebuild it all. We enjoyed Key West, although the cruise ships had just docked, and it was a bit crowded. But with our little Jeep Wrangler we had no problem driving around and parking. And food was fabulous as you demonstrated. I haven't figured out how to drive our RV to Hawaii, but the Keys will do.
I had fun just watching the video of how it seemed like y’all were having such a great time.Seems funny how you’re saying it so hot and it’s 19 degrees in south Louisiana right now .Warms my soul!
I’m so glad for your expansion of your travel channel. I’ve watched you for years and I love the changes. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Happy New year! 💕
Thank you so much Barbara! Happy New Year!
That food looked awesome!!!
Ahhhh, that was lovely. I'm sick, live in Jersey, its 20 degrees with frozen snow on the ground. This was just what I needed. Thanks for a little tropical visit this week. 🚐🌴🏖☀Feeling better already.
Oh no! Feel better and sending sunshine!!! 🌞
Thank you Key West is so much fun and the food looked amazing
Awwww 😊 Our summer home was there and we spent Decembers there and it looks so beautiful. We let the house go and now do cruises and stop there when we can. Very hot as I remember.
So cool!
Great Channel! Love it, Stay safe out there guy's
Love Key West and now you have enticed me to go back! Can’t wait to get there with our AI19! Love the video!
Oh yeah! Would be great in the AI19!
When you go back again... definately visit the Hemingway House. Really interesting like he was. If you are there and the water is calm definately ride your bikes to Fort Zachary Taylor Beach/Park. Take your water shoes because the beach is rocky when entering the water but keep going and swim out to the breakers to snorkel and see all the fish. Also I recommend Higgs Beach for snorkeling if you haven't done that.
Was just down there in September, but rode my motorcycle down, not the RV. Always a blast in Key West. Looks like you are having a great time! Taking a jetski tour is fun, recommend it!
Oh yeah motorcycle would be awesome down here! We've been thinking about that jet ski tour!! Thanks Don 🤔😊
Great fun video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching guys!
If all goes to plan, we will get our trailer down there later this year. Looking forward to it, and as always safe travels.....
Thanks! Hope you get down there!
Fort Zachary State Park and the Butterfly Preserve are awesome!
Hi to you all. We were there Jan 14 and camped at the KOA 🏝️ it’s our 6 trip to Key West in g to be last 3 years 👍 last time we went to the Light House nice view just across the street from Hemingway house. Also on this trip we got into the Bahia Honda state park for one night and had a beautiful view of the water. Take care and safe travels. Also we like to eat at the Banana Cafe on Duval Street.
Great video. Thanks for the info on parking. And a bit of info on dogs. We are heading there next month, with our van and a dog. 😬
I remember having strawberry pancakes on the 6th floor of a hotel at Key Largo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic.
That was a nice video. Good job......one look at the lobster made me wish I had made it down there.
Excellent video! As a long-time viewer, I love re-watching older videos in between your newer ones. These past few videos have SUCH a great blend of the older style plus all you've learned along the way. Bravo! If you see this, could you please share where Chris got her cute overall jumper? 😊Thanks for all you both do!
Hello!! Thank you for this great comment. We love to hear the feedback! And thanks for watching all these years. Chris has picked up a fun, new, and inexpensive hobby of shopping the thrift stores in all the places we travel! So I’m not sure which city she got this one, but I know she has great finds like this for $5 -$10 bucks! I’ll let her know you liked it. 😊
Y'all have fun down there and be careful!
We will thanks!
Love the video one of the best
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Thanks for the flashback. I lived on Key West from 1982-85 and had a blast. It was not as busy down there as you found it. Never a line at the southern most point. Spring break was crazy. I took my wife down there in 1987 when they were filming the 007 License to Kill and every day we went to see something it was closed for filming. It was August and she about died; we could only go out at night. The best kept secret is the Cuban mix sandwich from a whole in the wall convince store. I really miss them along with fresh gulf jumbo shrimp the size of your hand. A cool place to go is the light house for a great view of the island. It’s too touristy for me now.
Waaaay too much video of them, as usual
Florida spiny lobster is UHH-MAZING! I think I like it more than other types I've tried.
So good!
I found the museum very interesting. Ocean exploration antiquities are on display.
Thanks!
Just love the welcoming smells of Key West😮. Oh and Duval St
🤣 Yes!
Lost a year one night at Hogs Breaths. Invincibility by libations but, loved it.
The Eaton Street Seafood Market is the bomb.We enjoyed the Hemingway house/museum.
It really is! Thanks!
Nice! Learned my lesson towing to FL. Tow vehicle broke twice towing to FL, that's 100%. Driving by car is OK.
Oh no! 😬
Looks like you guys are having a ball! Not sure which one had me more jealous - the mojito or the lobster!
Yes! We cant complain too much. 🤣 But seriously it's been great to spend the winter down here so far. Oh.. and definitely the Lobster! 🦞
Beautiful! I live in Central Florida, so it’s been a spell since I’ve been to Key West. I’m due back. I’ve been to Miami and Key Biscayne in recent years, though. I’m closer to Columbia, SC than I am Key West…lol And that’s two states away.
Christine agrees….they don’t serve lobster like that anywhere else. Her dad use to dive with his buddy Tom and they would get fresh lobster for dinner when she lived in the Keys as a kid.
Hard to beat it! What a fun place to live as a kid!!
Yes
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I RECOMMEND DOING ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS. VACATIONED THERE EVERY YEAR.
Thanks!
C'mon we have walleye LOL. Great video and brings back many memories. If you ever get the chance I highly recommend Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Hell of a story. Warming up here as it is 11 this morning. Have fun you youngsters.
Mmmmm walleye! 🤤 Thanks Dan! Stay warm!
The lobster looked yummy but Chris you should be wearing a hat of some kind to protect yourself in the sun. Enjoyed the close up views that you showed. I am thinking Key West will be on my bucket list along with Alaska.
Sweating is healthy :D
Love this format. It is fun to see a little of what you see. The travel bug has bitten. :-)
Thank you! and yes! 🐛
I Yi Yi! You guys are making me sick for sunshine. ☀️ Looks super fun. Been there but want to RV there!
BUTTERY LOBSTER MY FAV❤❤❤❤❤
Soooo gooood!
Great video! Did you change your camera recently? You're obviously making great use of the (very good) auto-focus and zoom lens.
Thanks! It is the same camera, but Im using a different lens that I don't use that often. It's a bit heavier so a pain to walk around with, but it does look great! The camera is a Sony A7c and I normally use a wide angle lens (Sony 20mm 1.8) and the lens in this video is the Sigma 24-70 2.8 zoom. Thanks for noticing! 👍
Omg! That bite of lobster was the best…
🤣 So good! 🦞
Great place. Check out Boyd’s Campground. Expensive , but really nice. Also cycling over the Seven Mile Bridge is awesome. Be sure to bike out to Pigeon Key and the Sunset Grill in Marathon.
I always rent a scooter for 24 or 48 hours. Parks anywhere.
Thanks We'll check those out!
@@IreneIronTravels Pigeon Key was a construction base for the Overseas Railway. The state did a very expensive rework of the bridge out to there. Sunset Grill is just across the road.
Lobster…. 😋
I think you will enjoy your east coast adventure. Lots of lobster to be savoured.
🤣🦞 yes! We hopefully plan on a lot of that!
You may not have lobster in Minnesota Chris, but they don’t have walleye in Florida!
Great video guys!!! When was the seafood festival and dates you were there🤔🤔
We couldn’t make down there this year, but we have a reservation at Sigsbee on a FHU waterfront site from Dec 15 2024 - March 14 2025…can’t W8!!!
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Thanks! Jan13-14th! Sigsbee is a great location right there in Key West! Enjoy your time there at the end of the year!
Where are your helmets? If you like lobster. Try Chinese restaurants lobsters. You can have them cooked many ways. Always enjoy your videos
You’ve been spotted lol we watch you all the time from our tv :) we are not crazy just wanted to say hi here. Enjoy the blue water 🌊
Hello! Appreciate you guys watching! Make sure to say hello if you see us out and about! 😊
Now we really want to go here, watching this video while it's up to 12 degrees here now.
😊 Sending you Sunshine! 🌞
@@IreneIronTravels got it 😊
OMG! Now we’re craving seafood 😳🇺🇸
Soooo good! 😋
Looks like a wonderful day…quick question, how do you lock up your bikes? ✌️
We use a beefy 5ft chain lock I keep wrapped around my seat post. Works great 👍 amzn.to/48T39Zo
Loved the video! How long can the dogs stay in the trailer without going out to pee?!!
Thanks! About 8 hours is the max we like to leave them alone at home. But we could go a little longer. Sometimes I take them out around 7pm before bed and they don't go back out till 7am...so they can go 12 hours comfortably....
We are TT members would there be a hard time to find a place to stay this late ? Love all you videos thanks so sharing.
There are 2 TT Oncore parks in the keys. Sunshine key and Fiesta key. They’re fairly easy to get into from April/May to November . But from December to March it’s pretty tough!
Yeah a disney vespa!
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Hi, just curious, do you guys still have your pop-up canopy and still use it?
Great video! We just upgraded to a class A RV and are staying at Bluewater Key in March. I saw older clips of you guys with the dogs in Key West and the recent bike trip without them. What is your recommendation when traveling with dogs in Key West? Looks like Eaton Street Seafood was dog-friendly? We have a very well-socialized Corgie with the same RV monitoring as you have, but we would rather take her with us than not. 2-Door Wrangler so parking might not be as bad for us?
Thanks! Yes, lots of dog friendly places in Key West...but it can get really hot and humid during the day so it can be tough for long outings. We use the app "BRINGFIDO" and it shows all the dog friendly restaurants, parks, hotels, etc. Its awesome! Parking will be easy in the jeep for sure. 👍
YUMMY
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Have you guys ever done Dry Tortugas? It's a must but it is a 12 hour trip taking the big boat, 4 hrs out, 4 hrs there, 4 hrs back. It's a national park as well, very beautiful.
We haven’t yet! We really thought about it this year, but with the dogs we were concerned. I think we’d have to take the plane out there to save time. But tickets are $450 a person I think. But we’ve heard it’s worth it! Thanks!
@@IreneIronTravelsI was told it was super muddy during the time we went because of the rain, and it wouldn’t be worth snorkeling there.
There isn’t any mud, only white sand.
@@petsur when it rains a lot the sand gets like quicksand so not mud and the waters get murky due to wind too.
Looks like wonderful seafood - better than lutefisk? 😅
Like your channel. How far in advance did you book Sunshine Key?
Thanks! We booked back in Oct/Nov so about 3 months or so. But thats through our Thousand Trails Membership which has limited sites. I think through regular booking they have openings most of the time.
I keep think it's "Quai West". :D
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I was wondering if we were going to get to see you guys in Key West cause I know the last video went from Key West to Miami and you didn’t show any stuff in Key West
We’re kinda bouncing around. 😁
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When you use the bikes for transportation, do you feel you can lock the bikes well enough to keep them secure?
Yes! We use a big chain lock and have no worries! 😊
I've never understood why Duval street has not been turned into a pedestrian/bike only way.
Oh, that would be nice!
Can you please give me the name of the organic meat place in Arizona to order from? Thank you
This is the place in AZ cprmeats.com and we are now using one out of Indiana that ship nationwide sevensons.net/register?referral_code=hGWA5y31B5qW 😊
what breeds are your dogs?
Basenjis 😊
I have a white version of your truck, what again was the street that you parked on?
Fort st and Olivia I believe.
Thanks we're going to try it today 😃!@@IreneIronTravels
It IS another country...the CONCH REPUBLIC. 😁👍
🤣 Yes! We just saw one of those flags!
I believe to word your trying to say is EATEN…
What kind of e-bikes do you have? Would you buy the same again?
Those are the Lectric Lites. We love them! They just came out with the lite 2.0 version that has an option for a bigger battery. Thats our only complaint is the small ish battery.
We are going on July August is it going to be too hot?
It will be warm for sure! Very tropical. Try to find some water activities for sure!
We stayed on the base in Key West for 2 weeks. We felt it was crowded downtown. It was difficult to find parking. We paid $30 one day. Then Martha/Chris told us we could park at this other base closer and then walk and there was a free shuttle bus or rent a bike. The shuttle was so nice because it had ac and it was still hot 🥵 there in early October. We rented bikes and tried to ride on the sidewalks and that was an obstacle in itself, we won’t do that again 😬😂. I fell off my bike trying to dodge a huge bush and a ton of water. We did think it was beautiful and loved our snorkeling 🤿, Dolphin 🐬, sunset 🌅, and an alcohol boat ride. There was a lot of jellyfish 🪼 in the water and I got stung on my thumb 🤦🏻♀️😂. I much prefer Hawaii.
But what an adventure you had!!!! 🤣
@@IreneIronTravels definitely 1 I won’t ever forget 😬😂. We get Christmas ornaments for each other every year and my husband got me a Jellyfish 🪼😂. I got him Harry Potter since we went there in Orlando. We were in Florida for 2 1/2 + months with 8 stops in the Alliance RV and drove to several places too. We were exhausted this year! We were in all 4 time zones, and seen over 60+, family/friends/coworkers/#FamAlly. We seen 13 states (11 being new). So excited to be in 1 location until April. Hope to meet you all at the Alliance rally in May. I’ll be there with the PBR. Cheers 🍻
A thing that always bugs me about the Florida keys is all the single use plastic cups, utensils, and styrofoam plates and containers the restaurants use. It's depressing that a place so dependant on clean and clear waters contributes to plastic pollution.
We hear ya! It was nice to see them use the biodegradable straws at least.
This one should have a hunger trigger warning. IF you are the least bit hungry and like seafood, be prepared to drool.
🤣 Yes!! 🦞
Was this recently?
Yes, this was a couple weeks ago. 👍
@@IreneIronTravels While the rest of the country was in a deep freeze. I've heard of being at the right place at the right time, but this is ridiculous.
Do you ever worry about your bikes getting stolen?
No. We use a chain lock that would require a pretty serious bike thief to cut with a loud power tool. We’ve had no problems with e-bikes , but just don’t use the wimpy cable locks! 😀
It's hot and humid in Key West? Whoodathunk it? Hahahaha
🤣 Sooooo hot and humid that day! But Surprisingly it can go from 95% humidity, Sunny, and hot one day to 60% humidity, cloudy, windy and cold the next!
You guys most people are struggling with high cost ,and they are actually boon docking long term in communitys and not rolling
Yes, the high costs are definitely effecting us all! But, part of the whole reason we're doing the full-time RV thing is to continue to travel and sightsee as we work all while we're still able bodied and healthy. Life is so short. Work hard and play hard. 😊 Appreciate you watching!
@@IreneIronTravels You guys be safe on the road We wish you well .
What’s up with all the makeup now??
We don't get out much. 🤣 Fun to get dolled up once in a while!
I am dismayed that you don’t wear helmets when you’re riding your bikes.
no bike helmet.....shame on you and Key West...smh
Ford driver.......... what ever happened to real men? WTF
If you like lobster you have to go to MAINE thats the BEST lobster 🦞
Yes!