Jer, my Parents and I woke up super early on Wednesday. Our flight left Orlando at 7 a. m. so we were up at 4 a. m. While early, our travel was pleasant and uneventful. We landed in Miami and discovered that Miami's rental car center is like three miles away from the terminal. At any rate. we found our rental company and were successful in upgrading from a Full-size car to a mini-van, which was good. With five people and seven bags, we would have been cramped. As it was, we were able to tuck away one of the seats in the van.
We ate breakfast/lunch at Denny's then got stuck in traffic from an accident, and with only a lane (rarely two) in each direction through the keys, this had a significant impact on our travel time. When we got to the vacation rental, we were several hours behind where I'd hoped to be at that point- and we all know about how well I deal with being behind schedule. To top it off, even though the rental office had given us keys, the unit wasn't completely clean yet.
Jer, my mom and I went to the county clerk's office to get our marriage certificate while my dad and Janet settled in and sorted out the rental/cleaning situation. We made it just in time to get the paperwork sorted out. On our way back, we stopped by the grocery store for some essentials (read, tequila), and headed back. We headed off for a late dinner at Sparky's Landing in Key Colony beach. Sparky's was busy and loud, but the service and food was good.
On Thursday, we had a lazy morning and went to see the Turtle hospital. Sea Turtles were overfished and are now a protected species- but they face dangers from debri, boats and chemicals in the water. We learned about sea turtles and then got to look at and feed a bunch of turtles- some small, some large! We had a great time! We topped the day off with a leisurely lunch at Islands, then spent a while frantically deciding which beach we wanted to get married on. Ultimately, we opted to eat in that night. We made roasted veggies and ribs. Yum!
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