In article ,
Rosalie B. wrote:
> Kurt Ullman wrote:
>
> >In article ,
> > "Cathy Kearns" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> So the key is, ask the company you are looking at. Some offer
> >> wetsuits/boat
> >> landings, so the weather doesn't matter much. (All of these "excursions"
> >> were actually done in Islamorada, which is a Key a bit north of Key West.
> >> Talking to the parasailing guys, there are companies with similar styles.
> >
> > A little bit? Islamorada is roughly the 65 to 81st mile marker on US
> >1.
>
> It isn't actually 65 miles north, because the highway is mostly going
> east west at that point.
>
> And it really doesn't matter that much in the Keys - except for local
> showers, the weather and especially the temps and water temps are
> about the same.
It was more travel time. We spend Jan and most of Feb in the Keys each
year, and driving from Islamorada (or even Marathon when we stay there)
to KW stretches my definition of "a bit" anyway. |