Miami area

[rgustafson15150@mac.com]

Traveling late January to Key West for first time in 40-foot DP with tow car, staying at Blue Water Key. We plan to stay the night before in south Florida so we have a fresh drive through the Keys in the morning. Also looking for good RV diesel fuel location so we can make the round-trip through the Keys without stopping for fuel. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

[tbutler]

At the top of this page is a tab labeled SEARCH. If you hit that tab and then enter Florida Keys, you will find a list of at least 6 discussions that relate to the Florida Keys. Here is one that I think will provide some of the answers you are looking for. Florida Keys

[Chickadee]

Traveling late January to Key West for first time in 40-foot DP with tow car, staying at Blue Water Key. We plan to stay the night before in south Florida so we have a fresh drive through the Keys in the morning. Also looking for good RV diesel fuel location so we can make the round-trip through the Keys without stopping for fuel. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

DLS15150:

FWIW...we are presently in Tampa area having departed Bluewater Key RV back on Nov. 3rd, and, we went through the same planning process you are experiencing. We too thought we'd like to "stage" the run out on to the Keys from some spot around Homestead or Florida City so we could fuel up, and then have a leisurely drive down to Bluewater so as to arrive at a good check-in time (ie. between 1 & 3 p.m.). We ended up staying up at Moore Haven (SW corner of Lake Okeechobee) since we wanted to run over to Ft. Myers to visit friends and pick up some rig stuff before heading to the Keys. Anyway, we at first thought Moore Haven would be too far for our run down the Keys, BUT...it turned out to be PERFECT!!!

In Moore Haven we stayed at The Marina campground, got a chance to even wash the rig, stocked up at WalMart in Clewiston, fuled up, and, on the day we headed to the Keys, followed Hwy. #27 South, picking up Rt. #997 just S.W. of Miramar and on down to Florida City and onto Rt. 1 out on to the Keys. We travel in a 45'MH, towing Honda, and this route was VERY VERY comfortable and easy and ONLY took about 1 1/2 to 2 Hrs. We then had a VERY enjoyable drive down the Keys to Bluewater. As we'd topped of fuel in Moore Haven, the tank fuel gauge after parking at Bluewater was still barely below the Full point (we get abt. 7-8 mpg.).

Guess my point is...it's a little congested between Miami and Homestead and picking a staging park out a ways (like where we stayed) was a WHOLE LOT more relaxing and convenient.

Steve & Lynette

[rgustafson15150@mac.com]

Thanks. This information was very helpful. We ended up staying at Larry and Penny Thompson County Park in south Miami. It was a very nice campground with easy access on and off the Turnpike. Advance reservations are probably important in order to get a site there. Allowed us to get an early start on the drive through the Keys. We would definitely stay there again.